Italian Mathematical Union

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

Italian Mathematical Union

Unione Matematica Italiana
UMI's headquarters in Bologna
Formation	7 December 1922; 102 years ago (7 December 1922)
Headquarters	Bologna
Fields	Mathematics
Official language	Italian
President	Piermarco Cannarsa
Main organ	Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana
Affiliations	European Mathematical Society
Website	https://umi.dm.unibo.it/

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 Baldassarri Prize
• the Vinti Prize
• the Stampacchia Medal
• the Tricerri Prize [fr]

List of presidents

• 1923-1932: Salvatore Pincherle
• 1932-1948: Luigi Berzolari
• 1949-1952: Enrico Bompiani
• 1952-1958: Giovanni Sansone
• 1958-1964: Alessandro Terracini [it]
• 1965-1968: Giovanni Ricci
• 1968-1971: Guido Stampacchia
• 1971-1974: Guido Stampacchia
• 1974-1977: Enrico Magenes [it]
• 1977-1980: Carlo Pucci [it]
• 1980-1983: Carlo Pucci [it]
• 1983-1986: Vinicio Villani [it]
• 1986-1989: Vinicio Villani [it]
• 1989-1991: Alessandro Figà Talamanca
• 1991-1994: Alessandro Figà Talamanca
• 1994-1997: Alberto Conte [it]
• 1997-2000: Alberto Conte [it]
• 2000-2003: Carlo Sbordone [it]
• 2003-2006: Carlo Sbordone [it]
• 2006-2009: Franco Brezzi
• 2009-2012: Franco Brezzi
• 2012-2015: Ciro Ciliberto
• 2015-2018: Ciro Ciliberto
• 2018-2021: Piermarco Cannarsa [it]
• 2021-2024: Piermarco Cannarsa [it]