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2015-09-97.Pdf NEWSLETTER OF THE EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY S E European September 2015 M M Mathematical Issue 97 E S 25 years Society ISSN 1027-488X 25th EMS Anniversary Feature The first three ECMs Diagonals of Rational The EMS from 1999 to 2006 Fractions EMIS Discussion Interview Mathematics between Abel Laureate Research, Application, John F. Nash Jr. and Communication Abel Science Lecture Soap Bubbles and Mathematics Photo by Danielle Alio, Princeton University, Office of Communications Journals published by the S E European M M Mathematical E S 25 years Society ISSN print 2308-5827 Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincaré D ISSN online 2308-5835 Editors-in-Chief: Gérard H. E. Duchamp (Université Paris XIII, France); Vincent Rivasseau (Université Paris XI, 2015. 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Vol. 5. 4 issues Aims and Scope Approx. 800 pages. 17 x 24 cm The Journal of Spectral Theory is devoted to the publication of research articles that focus on spectral theory Price of subscription: and its many areas of application. 238 € online only 298 € print+online European Mathematical Society Publishing House Scheuchzerstrasse 70 [email protected] Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH-Zentrum SEW A27 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland www.ems-ph.org Contents Editorial Team European Editor-in-Chief Vladimir R. Kostic (Social Media) Lucia Di Vizio Department of Mathematics LMV, UVSQ and Informatics 45 avenue des États-Unis University of Novi Sad Mathematical 78035 Versailles cedex, France 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Copy Editor Eva Miranda Society Departament de Matemàtica Chris Nunn Aplicada I, EPSEB, Edifici P 119 St Michaels Road, Universitat Politècnica Aldershot, GU12 4JW, UK de Catalunya Newsletter No. 97, September 2015 e-mail: [email protected] Av. del Dr Maran˜on 44–50 08028 Barcelona, Spain Editors e-mail: [email protected] Editorial: Twenty Five, and What Next? – P. Exner ....................... 3 Background Preparation for the First ECM (1992): Creation of Ramla Abdellatif Vladimir L. Popov UMPA, ENS de Lyon Steklov Mathematical Institute a New Medium – M. Chaleyat-Maurel & M. Chouchan ............. 5 69007 Lyon, France Russian Academy of Sciences Second ECM Budapest, 22–26 July 1996 – L. Márki .................. 7 e-mail: [email protected] Gubkina 8 119991 Moscow, Russia 3ecm: Retrospective Musings – S. Xambó-Descamps ................ 9 Jean-Paul Allouche e-mail: [email protected] (Book Reviews) EMS Presidency 1999–2002 – R. Jeltsch .................................. 12 IMJ-PRG, UPMC Themistocles M. Rassias The European Mathematical Society, 2003–2006 – J. Kingman .. 16 4, Place Jussieu, Case 247 (Problem Corner) EMIS – 20 Years of Cooperation of the EMS with 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France Department of Mathematics e-mail: [email protected] National Technical University FIZ Karlsruhe/zbMATH – B. Wegner & O. Teschke ................... 18 of Athens, Zografou Campus Laure Saint-Raymond – E. Strickland ......................................... 22 Jorge Buescu GR-15780 Athens, Greece (Societies) e-mail: [email protected] Report on the EMS-SCM 2015 Joint Meeting – À. Calsina Dep. Matemática, Faculdade & A. Ruiz ............................................................................... 24 de Ciências, Edifício C6, Volker R. Remmert Piso 2 Campo Grande (History of Mathematics) Interview with Abel Laureate John F. Nash Jr. – M. Raussen 1749-006 Lisboa, Portugal IZWT, Wuppertal University e-mail: [email protected] & C. Skau ............................................................................. 26 D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Soap Bubbles and Mathematics – F. Morgan .............................. 32 Jean-Luc Dorier (Math. Education) Vladimir Salnikov Diagonals of Rational Fractions – G. Christol ............................... 37 FPSE – Université de Genève University of Luxembourg Mathematics between Research, Application, and Bd du pont d’Arve, 40 Mathematics Research Unit 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland Campus Kirchberg Communication – G.-M. Greuel ............................................. 44 [email protected] 6, rue Richard Coudenhove- Pierre Liardet (1943–2014) In Memoriam – G. Barat et al. .......... 52 Kalergi Eva-Maria Feichtner L-1359 Luxembourg Why Maths? – R. Goiffon ........................................................... 59 (Research Centres) [email protected] To Infinity and Beyond – R. Natalini ........................................... 60 Department of Mathematics University of Bremen Dierk Schleicher ICMI Column – J.-L. Dorier ....................................................... 63 28359 Bremen, Germany Research I INDRUM – C. Winsløw .............................................................. 65 e-mail: [email protected] Jacobs University Bremen Postfach 750 561 Book Review ............................................................................. 66 Javier Fresán 28725 Bremen, Germany Solved and Unsolved Problems – T. M. Rassias .......................... (Young Mathematicians’ Column) 68 [email protected] Departement Mathematik ETH Zürich Olaf Teschke The views expressed in this Newsletter are those of the 8092 Zürich, Switzerland (Zentralblatt Column) authors and do not necessarily represent those of the e-mail: [email protected] FIZ Karlsruhe EMS or the Editorial Team.
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