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Danish Mathematical Society

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The Danish Mathematical Society (Dansk Matematisk Forening) is a society of Danish mathematicians founded in 1873 at the University of Copenhagen, a year after the French Mathematical Society. According to the society website, it has "the purpose of acting for the benefit of mathematics in research and education."

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History

The society was founded after the idea of Thorvald N. Thiele. The first committee was composed of Thiele, Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen and Julius Petersen.

Presidents

  • Johan Jensen (1892–1903)
  • Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen (1903–1910)
  • Niels Nielsen (1910–1917)
  • Johannes Mollerup (1917–1926)
  • Harald Bohr (1926–1929, 1937–1951)
  • Børge Jessen (1954–1958)
  • References

    Danish Mathematical Society Wikipedia