It publishes research articles in pure and applied mathematics, without imposing restrictions on the length of the work: for this reason, the submission of surveys, articles of foundational nature and doctoral dissertations is also encouraged.[5] As in every peer reviewed journal, every article is refereed, and the journal adheres to the EMS Code of Practice.[6]
The journal was founded in 1913 as the press organ of the "Seminario Matematico della Facoltà di Scienze della Reale Uninversità di Roma":[3] its first director (Editor in chief) was Vito Volterra,[4] who held this position from its foundation to the year 1921. The direction passed to Guido Castelnuovo who held it from 1921 to 1922:[7] with the beginning of and during the publishing of the whole second and third series of the journal, from 1922 to 1935 Federigo Enriques was the director.[8] During fourth series of the journal, at the starting of which it underwent its first name change, the direction passed to Gaetano Scorza, who held it until his death in 1939.[9]
The INdAM and its influence
The founding of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica in 1939, under the decisive influence of Francesco Severi,[10] had important consequences on the "Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico". On 23 November 1939, during its first meeting, the Scientific Council[11] of the then newborn institute,[12] considering the need of a means to publish the results of the research done by the members and the students working at the institute,[13] decided to merge the needed means and the already existing journal in one single entity, giving birth to the "Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni".[13] Entrusted with this double function the fifth series of the journal, from the first volume published in 1940[14] to the first issue of the fourth volume published in 1943,[15] included a section listing the programs of the INdAM courses of the current academic year[16] as well as section listing the research problems proposed by the lecturers currently working at the institute.[17]
Timeline of Journal series and editors in chief
Years
Journal series
Journal name
Editor in chief
Years in charge
References
1913–1922
Serie I
Seminario Matematico della Regia Università di Roma: Rendiconti delle sedute[1]
^ abAccording to Ceccherini (1970, p. 3 footnote (*)), the first printing of the first volume was printed in the typography of the Pallotta Brothers ("Ditta F.lli Pallotta") under the title "Seminario Matematico della Regia Università di Roma: Verbali delle sedute" (English: Mathematical Seminar of the Royal University of Rome: Minutes of the sessions) instead of "Rendiconti delle sedute" (English: Reports of the sessions). The same year, the new printer, the "Tipografia Nazionale di Bertero e C.", substituted the cover page of the journal with the stated name.
^According to De Concini (2005, p. VII) and Zappa (1984, p. 12), who also who precisely states that:-"Proprio in quell'anno 1939–1940, Severi aveva costituito l'Istituto di Alta Matematica" (English: Just in that year 1939–1940, Severi constituted the Istituto di Alta Matematica).
^"Programmi dei corsi..." (English: Course programs...): see (Ceccherini 1970, pp. 28–29, 31–32, 37–39, 45–46).
^"Problemi, risultati e discussioni (lavori di seminario)" (English: Problems, results and discussions (Seminar wors)): see (Ceccherini 1970, pp. 27–28, 29–31, 32–34, 35–37, 39–41, 43–45) and also the description of the activities at the INdAM in the early 1940s given by Zappa (1984, p. 12).
^Called also "Bollettino del Seminario Matematico" (English: Bulletin of the Mathematical Seminar) by Roghi (2005, p. 10).
Ceccherini, Pier Vittorio, ed. (1970), Rendiconti di Matematica. Indice 1913–1967 (Serie I–II–III–IV–V) [Reports on Mathematics. Index 1913–1967 (Series I–II–III–IV–V)], Supplemento al volume 3 della Serie VI (in Italian), Con una prefazione di Beniamino Segre, Gubbio: Oderisi, pp. XVI+253, ISSN0034-4427, OCLC716274706.
Segre, Beniamino (1970), "Prefazione", in Ceccherini, Pier Vittorio (ed.), Rendiconti di Matematica. Indice 1913–1967 (Serie I–II–III–IV–V) [Reports on Mathematics. Index 1913–1967 (Series I–II–III–IV–V)], Supplemento al volume 3 della Serie VI (in Italian), Gubbio: Oderisi, pp. V–VII, ISSN0034-4427, OCLC716274706. The "Introduction" (English translation of the title) to the indexes volume of the first five series of the journal.
