The Saint Petersburg Mathematical Society () is a mathematical society run by Saint Petersburg mathematicians.

Historical notes The St. Petersburg Mathematical Society was founded in 1890 and was the third founded mathematical society in Russia after those of Moscow (1867) and Khar'kov (1879)... Its founder and first president was Vasily Imshenetskii, who also had founded earlier the Khar'kov Mathematical Society.According to

The Society was dissolved and subsequently revived twice, each time changing its name, sometime in between 1905 and 1917, the society ceased to function and by 1917 it had completely dissolved, perhaps due to the social agitations that destroyed many existing Russian scientific institutions. It was re-established by the initiative of Alexander Vasilyev in 1921 as the Petrograd Physical and Mathematical Society (subsequently called the Leningrad Physical and Mathematical Society). In 1930, the self-dissolution of the society was due to political reasons.See for an account of the events leading to its closure. Before the beginning of World War II in 1941, Leonid Kantorovich proposed to revive the society, and a similar failed attempt was made by Vladimir Smirnov in 1953: only in 1959 Yuri Linnik did succeed in reestablishing the society (then called the Leningrad Mathematical Society).. It regained the original name the St. Petersburg Mathematical Society in 1991.

Timeline of former presidents Years President Years President Years President 1890–1892 Vasily Imshenetskii (rus) 1892–1905 Julian Sochocki 1921–1923 Alexander Vasilyev (rus) 1923–1930 Nikolai Günther 1959–1965 Yuri Linnik 1965–1985 Sergei Lozinskii (rus) 1985–1989 Dmitry Faddeev 1990–1998 Olga Ladyzhenskaya 1998–2008 Anatoly Vershik 2008–2013 Yuri Matiyasevich 2013- Sergei Pilyugin

Honorary members

Activities

"Young mathematician" prize The "Young Mathematician" prizeThe laureates of the annual Young Mathematician prize of the St. Petersburg Mathematical Society has been awarded since 1962.

The list of the laureates:

See also List of Mathematical Societies

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