Royal Dutch Mathematical Society

The Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap in Dutch, abbreviated as KWG) was founded in 1778.^[1] Its goal is to promote the development of mathematics, both from a theoretical and applied point of view.

Royal Dutch Mathematical Society

Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap (translation: Royal Mathematical Society)
Abbreviation	KWG
Founded	1778
Type	Scientific society
Location	Netherlands
Field	Mathematics
Chair	Barry Koren
Website	https://www.wiskgenoot.nl/

The society publishes the quarterly journal Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, the magazine Pythagoras, wiskundetijdschrift voor jongeren^[2] for high school children, and the scientific journal Indagationes Mathematicae.

Each year the society organizes a winter symposium for high school teachers. Biannually Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap organizes the Dutch Mathematical Congress. Once every three years, the society awards the prestigious Brouwer Medal to a distinguished mathematician. This medal is named after L. E. J. Brouwer.

Honorary members

Honorary members of the Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap^[3]

Date of award	Name
30-04-1938	I. M. Vinogradov
28-09-1957	Paul Erdős
28-09-1957	Kurt Mahler
28-09-1957	Alfred Tarski
25-04-1964	Mark Kac
21-05-1966	Pavel Alexandrov
21-05-1966	Dirk Jan Struik
1966	Johannes van der Corput
1966	Jan Arnoldus Schouten
1966	Willem van der Woude
29-03-1978	O. Bottema
29-03-1978	Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
29-03-1978	Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
29-03-1978	J.H. Wansink
10-04-1985	Hans Freudenthal
08-04-1988	Adriaan Cornelis Zaanen
08-04-1988	Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn
17-04-1998	Fred van der Blij
17-04-1998	Jacob Korevaar
17-04-1998	J.J. Seidel
16-04-2004	P.C. Baayen
16-04-2004	J. H. van Lint
16-04-2004	J.A.F. de Rijk (pseudonym "Bruno Ernst")
13-04-2007	J. van de Craats
13-04-2007	Dirk van Dalen
13-04-2007	F. Verhulst
05-04-2013	Robert Tijdeman
22-03-2016	Rien Kaashoek
22-03-2016	Henk van der Vorst
23-04-2019	Herman te Riele

Institutional members

The society has the following institutional members:^[4]

• Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
• Delft University of Technology
• Eindhoven University of Technology
• Leiden University
• Radboud University Nijmegen
• University of Amsterdam:
  • Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
  • Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics
• University of Groningen
• Utrecht University
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

References

1. Beckers, Danny (2008), "The Royal Dutch Mathematical Society since 1778" (PDF), Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 9 (2): 147–149, MR 2454666.
2. "Pythagoras, wiskundetijdschrift voor jongeren". pyth.eu (in Dutch). Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
3. "Ereleden". www.wiskgenoot.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
4. "Instituutsleden". www.wiskgenoot.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-01-11.

External links

• "KWG". wiskgenoot.nl Official website. Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap. 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.