Danish Mathematical Society
Encyclopedia
The Danish Mathematical Society is a society of Danish
mathematician
s founded in 1873 at the University of Copenhagen
, a year after French Mathematical Society
. According to the society website, it has "the purpose of acting for the benefit of mathematics in research and education."
. The first committee was composed of Thiele, Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen
and Julius Petersen
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
s founded in 1873 at the University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...
, a year after French Mathematical Society
Société Mathématique de France
The Société Mathématique de France is the main professional society of French mathematicians.The society was founded in 1872 by Émile Lemoine and is one of the oldest mathematical societies in existence...
. According to the society website, it has "the purpose of acting for the benefit of mathematics in research and education."
History
The society was founded after the idea of Thorvald N. ThieleThorvald N. Thiele
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele was a Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem. He was the first to propose a mathematical theory of Brownian motion...
. The first committee was composed of Thiele, Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen
Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen
Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen was a Danish mathematician.He is known for work on the enumerative geometry of conic sections, algebraic surfaces, and history of mathematics.-Biography:...
and Julius Petersen
Julius Petersen
Julius Peter Christian Petersen was a Danish mathematician.-Biography:Petersen's interests in mathematics were manifold .His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs was a fundamental...
.
Presidents
- Johan Jensen (1892–1903)
- Vilhelm Herman Oluf MadsenVilhelm Herman Oluf MadsenVilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen , was a Danish politician, minister, army officer, businessman and inventor.He began his military career in 1859 and served in the Second War of Schleswig as a lieutenant. In 1896, at the rank of captain, Madsen was responsible for the adoption of the Madsen machine gun...
(1903–1910) - Niels Nielsen (1910–1917)
- Johannes Mollerup (1917–1926)
- Harald BohrHarald BohrHarald August Bohr was a Danish mathematician and football player. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr...
(1926–1929, 1937–1951) - Børge JessenBørge JessenBørge Christian Jessen was a Danish mathematician best known for his work in analysis, specifically on zeta function, and in geometry, specifically on Hilbert's third problem....
(1954–1958)
External links
- K. Ramskov, The Danish Mathematical Society through 125 Years, Historia Mathematica, 2000.
- The Danish Mathematical Society, EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
webpage - O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F.Edmund F. RobertsonEdmund Frederick Robertson FRSE B.Sc M.Sc Ph.D., born on 1 June 1943, St Andrews, Scotland, is a Professor emeritus of pure mathematics at the University of St Andrews....
, "Danish Mathematical Society", MacTutor History of Mathematics archiveMacTutor History of Mathematics archiveThe MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is a website maintained by John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson and hosted by the University of St Andrews in Scotland...