The Israel Mathematical Union (IMU) ( he, הַאִיגּוּד הַיִשְׂרְאֵלִי לְמָתֶמָטִיקָה) is an association of professional mathematicians in Israel. It is a member of the European Mathematical Society and the

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, and has reciprocity membership agreements with the American Mathematical Society and the

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a professional society dedicated to applied mathematics, computational science, and data science through research, publications, and community. SIAM is the world's largest scientific socie ...

. The Union was founded on 2 March 1953 and held its first meeting with eleven short lectures on 28 September of that year. Early members included

Binyamin Amirà Binyamin A. Amirà (; 3 June 1896 – 20 January 1968) was an Israeli mathematician. Biography Born in 1896 in Mohilev, Russian Empire, Binyamin Amirà emigrated with his family to Tel Aviv in Ottoman Palestine in 1910, where he attended the He ...

, Michael Fekete, and Abraham Fraenkel, who represented the Union at the 1954

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in Amsterdam, as well as

Shmuel Agmon Shmuel Agmon ( he, שמואל אגמון; born 2 February 1922) is an Israeli mathematician. He is known for his work in analysis and partial differential equations. Biography Shmuel Agmon was born in Tel Aviv to writer Nathan Agmon and Chaya G ...

, Jacob Levitzki, and Dov Jarden.

Prizes

The Israel Mathematical Union awards four major prizes: * The Anna and Lajos Erdős Prize in Mathematics, awarded to an Israeli mathematician under the age of 41. * The Levitzki Prize in Algebra, awarded biennially to a young Israeli mathematician for research in Algebra or related areas. * The Haim Nessyahu Prize in Mathematics, awarded for outstanding achievements in a mathematical

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. * The Abarbanel Prize in Applied Mathematics, awarded to an Israeli applied mathematician under the age of 48."Abarbanel prize"
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Presidents

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(1981–1982) * Shmuel Kantorovitz (1983–1984) * Rafael Artzy (1985–1986) * Moshe Jarden (1987–1988) * Zvi Ziegler (1989–1990) * Yisrael Aumann (1991–1992) * Miriam Cohen (1993–1994) * Stephen Gelbart (1995–1996) *

Lawrence Zalcman Lawrence Allen Zalcman (June 9, 1943 – May 31, 2022) was professor emeritus of Mathematics at Bar-Ilan University. His research concerns Complex analysis and potential theory, and their relations with approximation theory, harmonic analysis, in ...

(1997–1998) * Joseph Zaks (1999–2000) * Vitali Milman (2001–2002) *

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(2003–2004) * Sergiu Hart (2005–2006) * Michael Lin (2007–2008) * Harry Dym (2009–2010) *

Louis H. Rowen Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewi ...

(2011–2012) *

Alek Vainshtein Alek is a given name and alternative form of Alec. Notable people with the name include: * Alek Bédard (born 1996), Canadian curler * Alek D. Epstein (born 1975), Russian-Israeli sociologist of culture and politics * Alek Dzhabrailov (1976- ...

(2013–2014) * Vitali Milman (2015–2016) * Koby Rubinstein (2017-2018) * Alexander Lubotzky (2019-2020) * Menachem Kojman (2021-2022) *

Gideon Schechtman Gideon Schechtman (; born 14 February 1947) is an Israeli mathematician and professor of mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Academic career Schechtman received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1 ...

(2023-)

References

1953 establishments in Israel Mathematical societies Professional associations based in Israel Scientific organizations based in Israel Organizations established in 1953 {{Israel-org-stub