In order to have a clearer idea of what has been published and so to be able to plan future actions, the Editorial Board of the Newsletter has recently compiled a survey of articles on the history and activities of full member societies of the EMS. We believe this survey may also be of interest to all EMS members and to the general readership of the Newsletter, as it provides a direct pointer to reliable published information about mathematical societies in Europe that can be difficult to obtain otherwise.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

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Societies
EMS Newsletter March 2017 61
The architecture of the European Mathematical Society 
allows for individual and corporate members; in the lat-
ter category, there is a sub-category of “full members” 
that is made up of mathematical societies of the various 
countries of the European continent (plus Israel).
Full member societies have had a presence in the 
Newsletter of the EMS since its very first issue, with infor-
mation articles about their history and activities. These 
are not just short announcements of their current initia-
tives (which are also regularly provided) but also short 
papers (typically 1–3 pages long) describing something 
of their history as well as their most important past and 
current activities. 
Unfortunately, in spite of the existence of open access 
to all Newsletter issues on the webpage of the EMS Pub-
A Survey of Articles in the Newsletter of 
the EMS about the History and  
Activities of Full Member Societies of 
the EMS (Issue 1, September 1991 – 
Issue 104, June 2017)
Fernando Pestana da Costa (Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal), Editor of the EMS Newsletter
lishing House (http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/all_issues.
php?issn=1027-488X), it is not exactly easy to check for 
published articles about EMS full members. In order to 
have a clearer idea of what has been published and so 
to be able to plan future actions, the Editorial Board 
of the Newsletter has recently compiled a survey of that 
information. We believe this survey may also be of inter-
est to all EMS members and to the general readership of 
the Newsletter, as it provides a direct pointer to reliable 
published information about mathematical societies in 
Europe that can be difficult to obtain otherwise. In Table 
1, we present the results of the survey. As part of Editorial 
Board duties, in due time and according to the planned 
Editorial Board policy, societies that have not yet been 
covered in the Newsletter will be asked to contribute.
Name of Society Country Founding 
Date
Published in
Issue Date
Armenian Mathematical Union Armenia 1901
Association for Mathematics Applied to Economics and 
Social Sciences
Italy 1976 96 06 / 2015
Association of Mathematicians of Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
Austrian Mathematical Society Austria 1903
Belarusian Mathematical Society Belarus
Belgian Mathematical Society Belgium 1921 29 09 / 1998
80 06 / 2011
Bosnian Mathematical Society Bosnia
Catalan Mathematical Society Spain 1931 93 09 / 2014
Croatian Mathematical Society Croatia
Cyprus Mathematical Society Cyprus 1983 66 12 / 2007
Survey1 2 of articles about EMS full member3 societies published in the Newsletter up to issue 104
1 Information about the founding date of some societies could not be obtained from the data in the EMS webpage and archives. 
We thank Elvira Hyvönen, secretary of the EMS, her help in procuring this information.
2  We apologize for any omission or error and thank in advance all readers that care to send us corrections.
3  To the best of our knowledge all Societies in the table were full members at the time of the published article. Some may have 
ceased to be so in the meantime.
Societies
62 EMS Newsletter March 2017
Czech Mathematical Society  
(Union of Czechs Mathematicians & Physicists)
Czech  
Republic
1862 1 09 / 1991
43 03 / 2002
85 09 / 2012
Danish Mathematical Society Denmark 1873 35 03 / 2000
88 06 / 2013
Edinburgh Mathematical Society UK 1883 33 09 / 1999
74 12 / 2009
Estonian Mathematical Society Estonia 1926 41 09 / 2001
Finnish Mathematical Society Finland 1868 9 09 / 1993
32 06 / 1999
French Statistical Society France 1997
German Mathematical Society Germany 1890 29 09 / 1998
82 12 / 2011
Georgian Mathematical Union Georgia 1923
Hellenic Mathematical Society Greece 1918 45 09 / 2002
Icelandic Mathematical Society Iceland 1947
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications UK 1964 91 03 / 2014
Irish Mathematical Society Ireland 1976 2 12 / 1991
94 12 / 2014
Israel Mathematical Union Israel 47 03 / 2003
Italian Mathematical Union Italy 1922 38 12 / 2000
Janos Bolyai Mathematical Society Hungary 1891 59 03 / 2006
Kharkov Mathematical Society Ukraine 1879 34 12 / 1999
Kosovar Mathematical Society Kosovo 2008
Latvian Mathematical Society Latvia 1993 48 06 / 2003
Lithuanian Mathematical Society Lithuania 1962
London Mathematical Society UK 1865 31 03 / 1999
37 09 / 2000
99 03 / 2016
103 03 / 2017
Luxembourg Mathematical Society Luxembourg 1988 34 12 / 1999
Malta Mathematical Society Malta
Mathematical Society of France France 1872 40 06 / 2001
Mathematical Society of Serbia Serbia 1948
Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova Moldova 1950s
Moscow Mathematical Society Russia 1864 50 12 / 2003
51 03 / 2004
Norwegian Mathematical Society Norway 1918 41 09 / 2001
Norwegian Statistical Association Norway 1919
Polish Mathematical Society Poland 1919 32 06 / 1999
54 12 / 2004
Portuguese Mathematical Society Portugal 1940 46 12 / 2002
98 12 / 2015
Romanian Mathematical Society Romania 1910 40 06 / 2001
77 09 / 2010
Royal Dutch Mathematical Society Netherlands 1778 35 03 / 2000
Royal Spanish Mathematical Society Spain 1911
Slovak Mathematical Society Slovakia
Società Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale Italy 1989
Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles France 1983 6 12 / 1992
40 06 / 2001
Society of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics Germany 1922
Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Montenegro Montenegro 1947
Mathematics Education
EMS Newsletter June 2017 63
Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of 
Slovenia
Slovenia 1949 47 03 / 2003
Spanish Society of Applied Mathematics Spain 1991
Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research Spain 1962
St. Petersburg Mathematical Society Russia 1890 10 12 / 1993
Swedish Mathematical Society Sweden 1950
Swiss Mathematical Society Switzerland 1910 33 09 / 1999
Turkish Mathematical Society Turkey 1948
Ukrainian Mathematical Society Ukraine
Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians Bulgaria 1898 6 12 / 1992
31 03 / 1999
ICMI Column
Jean-Luc Dorier (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
In the most recent issue of the ICMI Newsletter (March 
2017), a double editorial was published from the new 
president Jill Adler and the former president Ferdinando 
Arzarello. With their authorisation, we re-publish this 
double editorial here today.
From the desk of the ICMI President Jill Adler
Four years ago, the immediate past 
president Ferdinando Arzarello 
wrote from the desk of the ICMI 
president about the multiple needs 
mathematics education must serve, 
where all should have opportu-
nity not only for mathematical lit-
eracy but also the adventures of 
mathematics itself. He drew on the 
2012 UNESCO booklet on basic 
mathematics education written a 
few years ago mainly by ICMI past president Michele 
Artigue, assisted by other colleagues in the ICMI. We are 
pleased to announce this has recently been translated 
into Portuguese, thanks to the work of ICMI executive 
committee member at large Yuriko Baldin (http://www.
sbm.org.br/?s=desafios+do+ensino). The description of 
basic mathematics in the booklet highlights the multiple 
demands on mathematics education and so the need for 
reform in mathematics in schools, across all levels. In a 
globalising world, we understand our cultural diversity 
and the dangers of domination and alienation up ahead 
for any consideration of common curricula or what is 
quality teaching and learning of mathematics.
The ICMI launched two studies in response to these 
challenges. Study 23 on primary mathematics, co-chaired 
by Maria Bartonini Bussi (Italy) and Xuhua Sun (China), 
is the first study devoted to early learning and its study 
volume is almost ready for printing and dissemination. 
ICMI Study 24, entitled ‘School Mathematics Curricu-
lum Reforms: Challenges and Changes’, has just been 
launched, with Renuka Vithal (South Africa) and Yoshi 
Shimizu (Japan) as the two co-chairs. The International 
Programme Committee has been finalised and will meet 
later this year to develop the discussion document that 
will frame its study conference in 2018. This is a strate-
gic moment for the ICMI to collect, analyse, synthesise 
and then communicate our collective research and prac-
tical wisdom in school mathematics curriculum reform. 
As the new ICMI executive committee prepares for its 
first meeting in June this year, a key agenda item will be 
the ongoing support for Study 24, followed by an initial 
discussion of what might be our next study, and so some 
considered directions in which to further grow the organ-
isation and its influence. 
With these introductory comments, I hope I have 
illustrated the continuity and growth that now define 
the organisation, as one executive committee and its 
new president take over from another. Thus, accompany-
ing this introductory message from the new president is 
a farewell letter from Ferdinando Arzarello. In this, he 
describes the developments and progress in the ICMI 
during his presidency and I take this opportunity, on our 
collective behalf, to thank Ferdinando and his executive 
committee for all their work. I will not refer again here 
to the ongoing continuous work of the ICMI. I will only 
say that being elected as the president of the ICMI is an 
immense honour, especially at a time when the organisa-
tion is so strong and where a critical component of our 
strength is our collaborative and increasingly productive 
relationship with the IMU and the global community of 
mathematicians. 
I will use this opportunity for my first communication 
with our ICMI community to convey my greetings to 
you all, each and every participant in all ICMI activities, 
and to invite you all to participate with me and the new 
executive committee in ongoing communication about 
our work – past, present and future. 


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A survey of articles in the Newsletter of the EMS about the history and activities of full member Societies of the EMS (Issue 1, September 1991 – Issue 104, June 2017)

Repositório Aberto da Universidade Aberta

SocietiesEMS Newsletter March 2017 61The architecture of the European Mathematical Society allows for individual and corporate members; in the lat-ter category, there is a sub-category of “full members” that is made up of mathematical societies of the various countries of the European continent (plus Israel).Full member societies have had a presence in the Newsletter of the EMS since its very first issue, with infor-mation articles about their history and activities. These are not just short announcements of their current initia-tives (which are also regularly provided) but also short papers (typically 1–3 pages long) describing something of their history as well as their most important past and current activities. Unfortunately, in spite of the existence of open access to all Newsletter issues on the webpage of the EMS Pub-A Survey of Articles in the Newsletter of the EMS about the History and  Activities of Full Member Societies of the EMS (Issue 1, September 1991 – Issue 104, June 2017)Fernando Pestana da Costa (Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal), Editor of the EMS Newsletterlishing House (http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/all_issues.php?issn=1027-488X), it is not exactly easy to check for published articles about EMS full members. In order to have a clearer idea of what has been published and so to be able to plan future actions, the Editorial Board of the Newsletter has recently compiled a survey of that information. We believe this survey may also be of inter-est to all EMS members and to the general readership of the Newsletter, as it provides a direct pointer to reliable published information about mathematical societies in Europe that can be difficult to obtain otherwise. In Table 1, we present the results of the survey. As part of Editorial Board duties, in due time and according to the planned Editorial Board policy, societies that have not yet been covered in the Newsletter will be asked to contribute.Name of Society Country Founding DatePublished inIssue DateArmenian Mathematical Union Armenia 1901Association for Mathematics Applied to Economics and Social SciencesItaly 1976 96 06 / 2015Association of Mathematicians of Republic of Macedonia MacedoniaAustrian Mathematical Society Austria 1903Belarusian Mathematical Society BelarusBelgian Mathematical Society Belgium 1921 29 09 / 199880 06 / 2011Bosnian Mathematical Society BosniaCatalan Mathematical Society Spain 1931 93 09 / 2014Croatian Mathematical Society CroatiaCyprus Mathematical Society Cyprus 1983 66 12 / 2007Survey1 2 of articles about EMS full member3 societies published in the Newsletter up to issue 1041 Information about the founding date of some societies could not be obtained from the data in the EMS webpage and archives. We thank Elvira Hyvönen, secretary of the EMS, her help in procuring this information.2  We apologize for any omission or error and thank in advance all readers that care to send us corrections.3  To the best of our knowledge all Societies in the table were full members at the time of the published article. Some may have ceased to be so in the meantime.Societies62 EMS Newsletter March 2017Czech Mathematical Society  (Union of Czechs Mathematicians & Physicists)Czech  Republic1862 1 09 / 199143 03 / 200285 09 / 2012Danish Mathematical Society Denmark 1873 35 03 / 200088 06 / 2013Edinburgh Mathematical Society UK 1883 33 09 / 199974 12 / 2009Estonian Mathematical Society Estonia 1926 41 09 / 2001Finnish Mathematical Society Finland 1868 9 09 / 199332 06 / 1999French Statistical Society France 1997German Mathematical Society Germany 1890 29 09 / 199882 12 / 2011Georgian Mathematical Union Georgia 1923Hellenic Mathematical Society Greece 1918 45 09 / 2002Icelandic Mathematical Society Iceland 1947Institute of Mathematics and its Applications UK 1964 91 03 / 2014Irish Mathematical Society Ireland 1976 2 12 / 199194 12 / 2014Israel Mathematical Union Israel 47 03 / 2003Italian Mathematical Union Italy 1922 38 12 / 2000Janos Bolyai Mathematical Society Hungary 1891 59 03 / 2006Kharkov Mathematical Society Ukraine 1879 34 12 / 1999Kosovar Mathematical Society Kosovo 2008Latvian Mathematical Society Latvia 1993 48 06 / 2003Lithuanian Mathematical Society Lithuania 1962London Mathematical Society UK 1865 31 03 / 199937 09 / 200099 03 / 2016103 03 / 2017Luxembourg Mathematical Society Luxembourg 1988 34 12 / 1999Malta Mathematical Society MaltaMathematical Society of France France 1872 40 06 / 2001Mathematical Society of Serbia Serbia 1948Mathematical Society of the Republic of Moldova Moldova 1950sMoscow Mathematical Society Russia 1864 50 12 / 200351 03 / 2004Norwegian Mathematical Society Norway 1918 41 09 / 2001Norwegian Statistical Association Norway 1919Polish Mathematical Society Poland 1919 32 06 / 199954 12 / 2004Portuguese Mathematical Society Portugal 1940 46 12 / 200298 12 / 2015Romanian Mathematical Society Romania 1910 40 06 / 200177 09 / 2010Royal Dutch Mathematical Society Netherlands 1778 35 03 / 2000Royal Spanish Mathematical Society Spain 1911Slovak Mathematical Society SlovakiaSocietà Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industriale Italy 1989Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles France 1983 6 12 / 199240 06 / 2001Society of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics Germany 1922Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Montenegro Montenegro 1947Mathematics EducationEMS Newsletter June 2017 63Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of SloveniaSlovenia 1949 47 03 / 2003Spanish Society of Applied Mathematics Spain 1991Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research Spain 1962St. Petersburg Mathematical Society Russia 1890 10 12 / 1993Swedish Mathematical Society Sweden 1950Swiss Mathematical Society Switzerland 1910 33 09 / 1999Turkish Mathematical Society Turkey 1948Ukrainian Mathematical Society UkraineUnion of Bulgarian Mathematicians Bulgaria 1898 6 12 / 199231 03 / 1999ICMI ColumnJean-Luc Dorier (University of Geneva, Switzerland)In the most recent issue of the ICMI Newsletter (March 2017), a double editorial was published from the new president Jill Adler and the former president Ferdinando Arzarello. With their authorisation, we re-publish this double editorial here today.From the desk of the ICMI President Jill AdlerFour years ago, the immediate past president Ferdinando Arzarello wrote from the desk of the ICMI president about the multiple needs mathematics education must serve, where all should have opportu-nity not only for mathematical lit-eracy but also the adventures of mathematics itself. He drew on the 2012 UNESCO booklet on basic mathematics education written a few years ago mainly by ICMI past president Michele Artigue, assisted by other colleagues in the ICMI. We are pleased to announce this has recently been translated into Portuguese, thanks to the work of ICMI executive committee member at large Yuriko Baldin (http://www.sbm.org.br/?s=desafios+do+ensino). The description of basic mathematics in the booklet highlights the multiple demands on mathematics education and so the need for reform in mathematics in schools, across all levels. In a globalising world, we understand our cultural diversity and the dangers of domination and alienation up ahead for any consideration of common curricula or what is quality teaching and learning of mathematics.The ICMI launched two studies in response to these challenges. Study 23 on primary mathematics, co-chaired by Maria Bartonini Bussi (Italy) and Xuhua Sun (China), is the first study devoted to early learning and its study volume is almost ready for printing and dissemination. ICMI Study 24, entitled ‘School Mathematics Curricu-lum Reforms: Challenges and Changes’, has just been launched, with Renuka Vithal (South Africa) and Yoshi Shimizu (Japan) as the two co-chairs. The International Programme Committee has been finalised and will meet later this year to develop the discussion document that will frame its study conference in 2018. This is a strate-gic moment for the ICMI to collect, analyse, synthesise and then communicate our collective research and prac-tical wisdom in school mathematics curriculum reform. As the new ICMI executive committee prepares for its first meeting in June this year, a key agenda item will be the ongoing support for Study 24, followed by an initial discussion of what might be our next study, and so some considered directions in which to further grow the organ-isation and its influence. With these introductory comments, I hope I have illustrated the continuity and growth that now define the organisation, as one executive committee and its new president take over from another. Thus, accompany-ing this introductory message from the new president is a farewell letter from Ferdinando Arzarello. In this, he describes the developments and progress in the ICMI during his presidency and I take this opportunity, on our collective behalf, to thank Ferdinando and his executive committee for all their work. I will not refer again here to the ongoing continuous work of the ICMI. I will only say that being elected as the president of the ICMI is an immense honour, especially at a time when the organisa-tion is so strong and where a critical component of our strength is our collaborative and increasingly productive relationship with the IMU and the global community of mathematicians. I will use this opportunity for my first communication with our ICMI community to convey my greetings to you all, each and every participant in all ICMI activities, and to invite you all to participate with me and the new executive committee in ongoing communication about our work – past, present and future. 

Fernando da Costa

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