Italian Mathematical Union Explained

Unione matematica italiana
Headquarters:	Bologna
Fields:	Mathematics
Language:	Italian
Leader Title:	President
Leader Name:	Piermarco Cannarsa
Main Organ:	Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana
Affiliations:	European Mathematical Society
Website:	https://umi.dm.unibo.it/

The Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: Unione Matematica Italiana) is a mathematical society based in Italy.

It was founded on December 7, 1922, by Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, and most notably, Salvatore Pincherle, who became the Union's first President.^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

Salvatore Pincherle, professor at the University of Bologna, sent on 31 March 1922 a letter to all Italian mathematicians in which he planned the establishment of a national mathematical society. The creation was inspired by similar initiatives in other countries, such as the Société mathématique de France (1872), the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (1891), the American Mathematical Society (1891) and, above all, the International Mathematical Union (1920).

The most important Italian mathematicians of the time - among all Luigi Bianchi and Vito Volterra - encouraged Pincherle's initiative also by personally sending articles for the future Bulletin; overall, about 180 mathematicians replied to Pincherle's letter. On December 7 of the same year the first meeting was held.

In 1928 the Italian Mathematical Union hosted the International Congress of Mathematicians in Bologna.

Activities

The Union's journal is the Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, which contains two sections: one for research papers, and one for expository articles.

The Italian Mathematical Union awards the following prizes:

• the Bartolozzi Prize
• the Caccioppoli Prize
• the Vinti Prize
• the Stampacchia Medal
• the

List of presidents

• 1923-1932: Salvatore Pincherle
• 1932-1948: Luigi Berzolari
• 1949-1952: Enrico Bompiani
• 1952-1958: Giovanni Sansone
• 1958-1964:
• 1965-1968: Giovanni Ricci
• 1968-1971: Guido Stampacchia
• 1971-1974: Guido Stampacchia
• 1974-1977:
• 1977-1980:
• 1980-1983:
• 1983-1986:
• 1986-1989:
• 1989-1991: Alessandro Figà Talamanca
• 1991-1994: Alessandro Figà Talamanca
• 1994-1997:
• 1997-2000:
• 2000-2003:
• 2003-2006:
• 2006-2009: Franco Brezzi
• 2009-2012: Franco Brezzi
• 2012-2015: Ciro Ciliberto
• 2015-2018: Ciro Ciliberto
• 2018-2021:
• 2021-2024:

References

1. Web site: Cenni storici sull'Unione Matematica Italiana . History of the Italian Mathematical Union . 2022-11-30 . Unione Matematica Italiana . it-IT.
2. Magenes . Enrico . 1998 . Una testimonianza sul III Congresso dell'U.M.I . A witness of the third Congress of the UMI . Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana . it . 1-A . 1 . 1–6 . 2022-11-30.
3. Magenes . Enrico . 1998 . L'U.M.I. nel primo dopo-guerra (1945-1951) . The UMI in the early years after WWI (1945-1951) . Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana . it . 1-A . 2 . 145–152 . 2022-11-30.

• Web site: The Italian Mathematical Union . . 2007-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930091959/http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Italian.html . 2007-09-30 .
• Giovanni Sansone, Le attività dell'Unione Matematica Italiana nel primo cinquantennio della sua fondazione, Bollettino UMI, Serie IV, Suppl. fasc. 2 pp 7–43 (1974)

External links

• Italian Mathematical Union