Swedish Mathematical Society

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Swedish Mathematical Society
Svenska Matematikersamfundet
AbbreviationSMS
Formation1950;75 years ago (1950)
Type Mathematical society
Location
President
 Volodymyr Mazorchuk
Award(s)Wallenberg Prize
Website www.swe-math-soc.se

The Swedish Mathematical Society (Swedish: Svenska Matematikersamfundet, SMS) is a mathematical society founded in Sweden in 1950. It is a member of the European Mathematical Society and is recognised by the International Mathematics Union. [1] [2]

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The Swedish Mathematical Society organises two member meetings per year, awards the Wallenberg Prize annually, and organises conferences and scientific meetings with other mathematical societies. [3] It publishes a bulletin three times a year. [3] The logo of the SMS contains the third iteration of the Koch snowflake, [4] which was first described by Swedish mathematician Helge von Koch in 1904. [5]

Presidents

The first president of the Swedish Mathematical Society was Arne Beurling, and the second president was Åke Pleijel. [6] The Swedish Mathematical Society elects a new president every two years, and traditionally each president works at a different mathematics department from their predecessor. [3] The current president of the SMS is Volodymyr Mazorchuk. [2]

Wallenberg Prize

Since 1983 the Swedish Mathematical Society has awarded its Wallenberg Prize to Swedish mathematicians under 40 that have a Ph.D. [6] It is Sweden's most prestigious award for young mathematicians. The winner is the main speaker at the autumn meeting of the society. [3]

Past winners of the prize are: [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Full members of the EMS", European Mathematical Society , retrieved 2024-08-12
  2. 1 2 "Members: Sweden", International Mathematics Union , retrieved 2024-08-12
  3. 1 2 3 4 Klas Markström (January 2018), "Reciprocal Societies: The Swedish Mathematical Society" (PDF), Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society (474): 41, retrieved 2024-08-13
  4. ↑ "Om Oss" [About Us], Swedish Mathematical Society (in Swedish), retrieved 2024-08-13
  5. ↑ Helge von Koch (1904), "Sur une courbe continue sans tangente, obtenue par une construction géométrique élémentaire", Arkiv för Matematik (in French), 1: 681–704, JFM   35.0387.02
  6. 1 2 "MacTutor: The Swedish Mathematical Society", MacTutor , retrieved 2024-08-12
  7. ↑ "Wallenbergpriset" [Wallenberg Prize], Swedish Mathematical Society (in Swedish), retrieved 2025-01-15
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