Rashid Zaare-Nahandi Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanajn, IMS, A brief history

1971 First Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, University: A group of Iranian mathematicians suggested to found a society. 1972 Second AIMC, Sharif University of Technology: The first general assembly of IMS was held and selected Mehdi Behzad as first secretary of IMS. First years of activities of IMS, all meetings were gathered in the AIMC’s and all publications were under a single title: Bulletin of the IMS.

Iranian Mathematical Society 2 Meetings during 2014

45th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference 7th Seminar on Geometry and Topology 7th Seminar on Linear Algebra and Applications 11th Seminar on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems 5th Seminar on Numerical Analysis 24th Seminar on Algebra 22nd Seminar on Mathematical Analysis 38th Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students 14th Iranian Mathematics Education Conference Seminar on History of Mathematics Seminar on Harmonic Analysis Seminar on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra

Iranian Mathematical Society 3 Members

1800 individuals 25 institutional

Periodic publications

Iranian Mathematical Society 4 Other societies related to mathematics

 Iranian Statistical Society  Iranian Operations Research Society  Central Committee for Iranian Mathematical Houses  Iranian Fuzzy Systems Association  Iranian Association for Mathematics Teachers

Iranian Mathematical Society 5 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students The history of the Iranian Mathematics Competitions for University Students is an integral part of the contemporary history of mathematics in Iran. On March 1972, the first general assembly of the Iranian Mathematical Society (IMS) appointed a group of mathematicians to prepare a guideline for the competitions and to make preparations for holding these competitions.

Iranian Mathematical Society 6 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students The primary goals of the competitions was to discover, encourage, and nurture mathematical talents throughout the country and to create a friendly and scientific rivalry among students and the Iranian universities. The secondary goal of the competitions was to motivate the students to view mathematics in new ways to maintain and sustain a more diverse perspective of mathematics, thereby putting pressure on universities to change their educational systems.

Iranian Mathematical Society 7 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students On March 30th, 1973, simultaneous with the Fourth AIMC held at the , the First National Mathematics Competition was held with the participation of 22 students from 5 universities across the country.

Iranian Mathematical Society 8 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students Half of the questions were in the areas of Mathematical Analysis and Algebra and the rest were in other areas categorized as General, i.e., innovative questions, Probability and Statistics, Differential Equations, and Topology. The students’ participation grew steadily in the following years so that in the thirty seventh competition in 2013, about 220 students from 40 universities took part.

Iranian Mathematical Society 9 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students According to the current guidelines of the competitions, each university or higher educational institution can send only one team consisting of at most five students and a leader to the competitions. Each university is responsible for selecting its own team, presumably through holding preliminary tests among its students. The contests take place in two sessions, with each session lasting three and a half hours.

Iranian Mathematical Society 10 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students The students answer twelve questions of which four are in the area of analysis, four are in the area of algebra, and another four are in other areas such as discrete mathematics, probability, number theory, etc, categorized as innovative questions. Attempts are made to propose problems whose solutions require not only mathematical knowledge but innovation.

Iranian Mathematical Society 11 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students The participants are ranked based on their individual scores. The top 5 individual scorers win gold medals, the next 10 top contestants are awarded silver medals, and up to the next top 15 receive bronze medals.

Iranian Mathematical Society 12 Iranian Mathematics Competition for University Students Now after forty years, it seems that most of the goals of the competitions have been achieved. A glance at the list of the winners of competitions reveals that many of them have gone on to become distinguished mathematicians and are now working at prominent universities and institutions throughout the world. Also, a glance at the questions of these thirty seven competitions shows that the competitions and the Iranian mathematical community, on the whole, have evolved to a greater level of sophistication in terms of content, quantity and quality.

Iranian Mathematical Society 13 The First Competition University of Tehran, March 1973 1. Elizabeth Ebrahimzadeh, Sharif University of Technology. PhD University of California, Berkeley, 1984, Professor, California State University, Sacramento. 2. Mohammdad Reza Darafsheh, University of Tehran. PhD University of Birmingham, 1978, Professor, University of Tehran. 3. Hashem Madadi-Almousavi, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Deceased. 4. Mirebrahim Hashemi Aghdam, Sharif University of Technology. 5. Yousef Bahrampour, University of Shiraz. PhD University of Oregon, 1983, Professor University of Kerman.

Iranian Mathematical Society 14 The Eleventh Competition University of Birjand, March 1987

1. Vahid Tarokh, Sharif University of Technology. PhD University of Waterloo, Canada, 1995, Professor, . 2. Masoud Amini, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Professor, Tarbiat Modares University. 3. Shaahin Ajoodani Namini, University of Tehran. PhD California , 1996, Parametric Tech., Boston. 4. Reza Karami, Isfahan University of Technology.

Iranian Mathematical Society 15 The Twenty First Competition University of Tehran, March 1997 1. Kia Dalili, Sharif University of Technology. PhD Rutgers University, 2005, PDA, Stevens Institute of Technology. 2. Maryam Mirzakhani, Sharif University of Technology. PhD Harvard University, 2004, Professor, Stanford University. 3. Ebrahim Samei, Shahid Beheshti University. PhD University of Manitoba, 2005, Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan. 4. Hadi Jorati, Sharif University of Technology. PhD , 2006, PhD candidate: Near eastern languages and civilizations, Yale. 5. Hossein Abedi Andani, Isfahan University of Technology. PhD University of Ottawa.

Iranian Mathematical Society 16 The Thirty-First Competition Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, May 2007 1. Ali Akbar Daemi, Sharif University of Technology. PhD student, Harvard University. 2. Naser Talebizadeh, Sharif University of Technology. PhD student, Princeton University. 3. Erfan Salavati, Sharif University of Technology. PhD student, Sharif University of Technology. 4. Nima Ahmadipour Anari, Sharif University of Technology. PhD student, University of California at Berkeley. 5. Mohammad Gharakhani, Sharif University of Technology. PhD Student, Sharif University of Technology.

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