The Saint Petersburg Mathematical Society (russian: Санкт-Петербургское математическое общество) is a
mathematical society run by
Saint Petersburg
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mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
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The St. Petersburg Mathematical Society was founded in 1890 and was the third founded mathematical society in Russia after those of
Moscow
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(1867) and
Khar'kov (1879).
[.][.] Its founder and first president was
Vasily Imshenetskii,
who also had founded earlier the Khar'kov Mathematical Society.
The Society was dissolved and subsequently revived twice, each time changing its name: sometime in between 1905 and 1917, the society ceased to function and by 1917 it had completely dissolved, perhaps due to the social agitations that destroyed many existing Russian scientific institutions.
It was re-established by the initiative of
Alexander Vasilyev in 1921 as the Petrograd Physical and Mathematical Society (subsequently called the Leningrad Physical and Mathematical Society). In 1930, the self-dissolution of the society was due to political reasons. Before the beginning of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
in 1941,
Leonid Kantorovich
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich ( rus, Леони́д Вита́льевич Канторо́вич, , p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kəntɐˈrovʲɪtɕ, a=Ru-Leonid_Vitaliyevich_Kantorovich.ogg; 19 January 19127 April 1986) was a Sovie ...
proposed to revive the society, and a similar failed attempt was made by
Vladimir Smirnov in 1953: only in 1959
Yuri Linnik
Yuri Vladimirovich Linnik (russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Ли́нник; January 8, 1915 – June 30, 1972) was a Soviet mathematician active in number theory, probability theory and mathematical statistics.
Linnik was born in B ...
did succeed in reestablishing the society (then called the Leningrad Mathematical Society). It regained the original name the ''St. Petersburg Mathematical Society'' in 1991.
Timeline of former presidents
Honorary members
Activities
"Young mathematician" prize
The "Young Mathematician" prize
[The laureates of the annual ''Young Mathematician'' prize
of the St. Petersburg Mathematical Societ]
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The list of the laureates:
See also
* List of Mathematical Societies
This article provides a list of mathematical societies by country.
International mathematical societies
* African Mathematical Union
* Circolo Matematico di Palermo
* European Mathematical Society
* Foundations of Computational Mathematics
* Int ...
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Approximation Theory web page
at the Mathematics Department of the Ohio State University
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Mathematical societies
Organizations established in 1890
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