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American Mathematical Society
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Formation1888
HeadquartersProvidence, RI
Membership30,000
PresidentJames Glimm
Website[1]


The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards to mathematicians.

The society is one of the four parts of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) and a member of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS).

Early history

It was founded in 1888 as the New York Mathematical Society, the brainchild of Thomas Fiske who was impressed by the London Mathematical Society on a visit to England. J.H. Van Amringe was first president and Fiske became secretary. The society soon decided to publish a journal, the Bulletin of the New York Mathematical Society, with Fiske as editor-in-chief. The journal, as intended, was influential in increasing membership.

In July, 1894, it became a national society and was reorganized under its present name. Later on, the headquarters were moved from New York to Providence, Rhode Island, and offices were added in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Washington, D.C.

Presidents

1888 – 1900

1901 – 1950

1951 – 2000

2001 –

Meetings

The AMS, along with the Mathematical Association of America and other organizations, holds the largest annual research mathematics meeting in the world, the Joint Mathematics Meeting held in early January. The 2007 Joint Mathematics Meeting drew a record 5200 registrants. Each of the four regional sections of the AMS (Central, Eastern, Southeastern and Western) hold meetings in the spring and fall of each year. The society also co-sponsors meetings with other international mathematical societies.

Publications

The AMS publishes Mathematical Reviews, a database of reviews of mathematical publications.

The AMS also publishes multiple journals:

Typesetting

The AMS is an advocate of the typesetting program TeX, insisting that contributions be written in it and producing its own packages AMS-TeX and AMS-LaTeX.

See also

External links

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James Gilbert Glimm is an American mathematical physicist, and Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) consists of the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
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The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) is an umbrella organization of sixteen professional societies in the mathematical sciences.

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The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is the leading mathematical society in England.

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State of New York

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