History
History
The International Mathematical Union (IMU) was founded on September 20, 1920,
during the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Strasbourg.
The founding members were 11 countries:
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, United Kingdom, United States of America.
The IMU, in the present formation, was founded in September 1951. The first 10 members of the new IMU were:
Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom.
In March 8, 1952, the General Assembly inaugurated the activities of the new IMU with 22 members:
| Group Ⅰ: | Argentina, Australia, Austria, Cuba, Finland, Greece, Norway, Peru |
| Group Ⅱ: | Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia |
| Group Ⅲ: | Belgium |
| Group Ⅳ: | France, Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Group Ⅴ: | United Kingdom, United States of America |
Japan has been a member of Group Ⅴ since 1974.
The present members of Group Ⅴ are:
Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America.
The Committee of Mathematical Science of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) has served as Japan's Committee for Mathematics of Adhering Organization until 2011.
In 2012, Japan's National Committee
for IMU took shape as a subcommittee of the Committee of Mathematical Science of
SCJ
as well as Japan's Committee for Mathematics of Adhering
Organization of the IMU.
Tohru Ozawa, April 17, 2018
| Olli Lehto, | "MATHEMATICS Without Borders, A History of the International Mathematical Union," Springer, 1998. |
| IMU website | https://www.mathunion.org/ |
The present members of Group Ⅴ are:
Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Tohru Ozawa, March 6, 2023