Swedish Mathematical Society

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Swedish Mathematical Society
Svenska Matematikersamfundet
AbbreviationSMS
Formation1950;74 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 Ake 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 that have a Ph.D. but no permanent research position. [6] The winner is the main speaker at the autumn meeting of the society. [3]

Past winners of the prize are: [7]

See also

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  2. 1 2 "Members: Sweden", International Mathematics Union , retrieved 2024-08-12
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  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
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