| Colombian Mathematical Society | |
| Abbreviation: | SCM |
| Native Name: | Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Type: | Mathematical society |
| Headquarters: | Bogotá |
| Location Country: | Colombia |
| Website: | https://scm.org.co |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Sofía Pinzón |
| Awards: | National Mathematics Award José Celestino Mutis Prize José Fernando Escobar Prize |
The Colombian Mathematical Society (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Sociedad Colombiana de Matemáticas, SCM) is an organisation founded in 1955 to promote the development of mathematics teaching and research in Colombia, and is the main professional society of Colombian mathematicians. It has two publications, the Colombian Journal of Mathematics and Spanish; Castilian: Lecturas Matemáticas, and awards three prizes: the National Mathematics Award, the José Celestino Mutis Prize, and the José Fernando Escobar Prize.
The Colombian Mathematical Society is based in Bogotá, and is a member of the . It is recognised by the International Mathematics Union.
The Colombian Mathematical Society was founded at a meeting in the home of on 10 August 1955. Carrizosa Valenzuela had been greatly influenced by two European mathematicians, Carlo Federici Casa and János Horváth (known in Colombia as Juan Horváth), who were working in Bogotá at the time. He felt the need to modernise Colombian mathematics and develop it as a subject independent of engineering.
The founding members of the society were (in alphabetical order):
The society initially had two governing statutes, and Carrizosa served as the first president.
The Colombian Mathematical Society organises the Colombian Mathematics Congress (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Congreso Colombiano de Matemáticas) every two years, in association with various academic institutions in Colombia.
The SCM supports three commissions with specific goals.
The Colombian Mathematical Society has two publications.
From its inception in March 1967 to 1979 the journal Spanish; Castilian: Boletín de Matemáticas was jointly published by the SCM and the mathematics department of the National University of Colombia; since 1980 it is solely published by the latter. In 1975 the SCM and the mathematics department of the National University of Colombia created the journal Spanish; Castilian: Notas de Matemáticas, which focused on mathematics teaching. It is no longer published.
The Colombian Mathematical Society manages three mathematical prizes, which are awarded at meetings of the Colombian Mathematics Congress.
The National Mathematics Award (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Premio Nacional de Matemáticas) is awarded to a mathematician who has "excelled in their professional work and made a fundamental contribution to the development of mathematics in [Colombia]."Past recipients of the prize are:
The José Celestino Mutis Prize (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Premio José Celestino Mutis)is awarded to a teacher of mathematics who has "excelled in their professional work and made a fundamental contribution to the development of mathematics in [Colombia]."Past recipients of the prize are:
The José Fernando Escobar Prize (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Premio José Fernando Escobar) is awarded to a mathematician who has "excelled in their research in pure or applied mathematics, through the achievement of exceptional published results."Past recipients of the prize are:
The Society has had 17 presidents.
On 13 May 1999 the statutes of the Society were reformed, increasing in number from two to 43. The statutes defining the name and purpose of the society are as follows.