London Mathematical Society
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The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is the leading mathematical society in England.
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[edit] History
The Society was established on 16 January 1865, the first president being Augustus De Morgan. The earliest meetings were held in University College but the Society soon moved into Burlington House, Piccadilly. The initial activities of the Society included talks and publication of a journal.
The LMS was used as a model for the establishment of the American Mathematical Society in 1888.
The Society was granted a royal charter in 1965, a century after its foundation. In 1998 the Society moved from rooms in Burlington House into De Morgan House, in Bloomsbury, to accommodate an expansion of its staff.
The current president is Professor John Toland.
[edit] Activities
The Society publishes books and periodicals; organizes mathematical conferences; provides funding to promote mathematics research and education; and awards a number of prizes and fellowships for excellence in mathematical research.
[edit] Publications
The Society's periodical publications include three printed journals: the Proceedings, Journal, and Bulletin; one electronic journal, the Journal of Computation and Mathematics; and a regular members' newsletter. It also publishes the journal Compositio Mathematica on behalf of its owning foundation, and copublishes Nonlinearity with the Institute of Physics. The Society publishes four book series: a series of Monographs, a series of Lecture Notes, a series of Student Texts, and (jointly with the American Mathematical Society) the History of Mathematics series; it also co-publishes four series of translations: Russian Mathematical Surveys, Izvestiya: Mathematics and Sbornik: Mathematics (jointly with the Russian Academy of Sciences and Turpion Ltd), and Transactions of the Moscow Mathematical Society (jointly with the American Mathematical Society).
[edit] Prizes
The named prizes are:
- De Morgan Medal (triennial) – the most prestigious;
- Pólya Prize (two years out of three);
- Senior Berwick Prize;
- Senior Whitehead Prize;
- Naylor Prize and Lectureship;
- Berwick Prize;
- Fröhlich Prize (biennial);
- Whitehead Prize (annual).
In addition, the Society jointly with the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications awards the David Crighton Medal every three years.
[edit] See also
- Edinburgh Mathematical Society
- European Mathematical Society
- List of Mathematical Societies
- Council for the Mathematical Sciences
- BCS-FACS Specialist Group
[edit] References
- Susan Margaret Oakes, Alan Robson Pears, and Adrian Clifford Rice, The Book of Presidents 1865 -- 1965, London Mathematical Society, June 2005, ISBN 0-9502734-1-4
