The Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists (Slovak: Jednota slovenských matematikov a fyzikov, JSMF) is a learned society in Bratislava, founded in January 1969.
Martin Kalina has been president of the JSMF since 2008.[1]
The JSMF is composed of two sections, the Physical Section (Slovak: Fyzikálna sekcia, not to be confused with the Slovak Physical Society, Slovenská fyzikálna spoločnosť) and the Slovak Mathematical Society (Slovak: Slovenská matematická spoločnosť).[2]
The JSMF is an associated organisation of the Slovak Academy of Sciences,[3] and is the adhering organisation of the International Mathematical Union for Slovakia.[4]
History
The origins of the JSMF lie in the Association for Free Lectures in Mathematics and Physics (Czech: Spolek pro volné prědnášky z mathematiky a fysiky), a learned society founded in Prague in 1862.[5][6]
Out of the Association was born the Union of Czech Mathematicians (Czech: Jednota cěských mathematiků) in May 1869, which in 1912 changed its name to the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists (Czech: Jednota českých mathematiků a fysiků).[5]
In 1921 the society changed its name again, to the Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists (Czech: Jednota cěskoslovenských mathematiků a fysiků, JČMF).[5] This name was used from 1921 to 1939 and again from 1945 to 1993, until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia.[7]
In 1969 Czechoslovakia became a federal state and the Slovak Socialist Republic gained more political autonomy, which led the creation of the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists within the JČMF.[5]
The Slovak Mathematical Society (Slovak: Slovenská matematická spoločnosť, SMS) is the mathematical branch of the JSMF, and through its parent organisation is recognised by the International Mathematical Union.[8]
The SMS is independently a full member of the European Mathematical Society.[9]
Martin Kalina has been president of the SMS since 2017.[1]
The SMS holds an annual conference attended by both research mathematicians and mathematics school teachers.
At the conference the SMS awards its two prizes:[1]
The Academician Schwarz Prize, named for Štefan Schwarz [sk; de], is awarded to a mathematician under the age of 30.
The Peter Pavol Bartoš Prize, named for Peter Pavol Bartoš [sk], is awarded to a mathematics teacher.
