Belgian Mathematical Society

{{Infobox organization | native_name = Belgian Mathematical Society | native_name_lang = en | abbreviation = BMS | type = [[Scientific society]] | founded = | location = [[Belgium]] | field = [[Mathematics]] | leader_title = President | leader_name = Joost Vercruysse | website = https://bms.ulb.ac.be/ }}

The '''Belgian Mathematical Society''' (abbreviated as '''BMS'''), founded in 1921 by [[Théophile de Donder]] at the [[Université libre de Bruxelles]],<ref>{{citation | last = | first = | issue = | mr = | pages = | title = BMS Statutes | url = https://www.dropbox.com/s/664so52cey840j9/Belgian%20Mathematical%20Society%20Statuts.pdf | volume = | year = 2020}}.</ref> is the national mathematical society of [[Belgium]] and a member society of the [[European Mathematical Society]]. Its mission is to assemble all Belgian mathematicians and defend their interests. Foreign members are also welcome.<ref>{{citation | last = | first = | issue = | mr = | pages = | title = About the BMS | url = http://dwispc8.vub.ac.be/nieuwBMS/index.php?id=about-the-belgian-mathematical-society | volume = | year = 2022}}.</ref>

The society publishes the journal ''[[Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society - Simon Stevin]]'' and distributes a newsletter to members, both at a rate of five issues per year.

== Presidents == <ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.cs.kuleuven.be/~adhemar.bultheel/BMS_presidents.html | title=BMS presidents }}</ref> *14/3/1921-14/01/1922 Théophile De Donder (1872–1957) ULBruxelles *1923–1925 {{ill|Henri Bosmans|fr}} (1852–1928) ULBruxelles *1925–1927 Alphonse Demoulin (1869–1947) [[Ghent University|U Gent]] *1927–1929 {{ill|Charles Jean de La Vallée Poussin|fr}} (1866–1962) [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|C. U. of Leuven]] *1929–1931 Adolphe Mineur (1867–1950) ULBruxelles *1931–1933 [[Lucien Godeaux]] (1887–1975) ULBruxelles *1933–1935 [[Errera graph|Alfred Errera]] (1886–1960) ULBruxelles *1935–1937 Émile Merlin (1875–1930) U Gent *1937–1939 Fernand Simonart (1888–1966) [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|C. U. of Leuven]] *1939–1945 Bony [[University of Mons|U. Mons-Hainaut]] *1945–1947 Henri Germay (1894–1954) [[University of Liège|U Liège]] *1947–1949 [[Georges Lemaître]] (1894–1966) [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|C. U. of Leuven]] *1949–1951 Théophile Lepage (1901–1991) ULBruxelles *1951–1953 Fernand Backes (1897–1985) U Gent *1953–1955 Octave Rozet U Liège *1955–1957 Louis Bouckaert (1909–1988) [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|C. U. of Leuven]] *1957–1959 [[Paul Libois]] (1901–1991) ULBruxelles *1959–1961 Julien Bilo (1914–2006) U Gent *1961–1963 Henri Garnir (1921–1985) U Liège *1964–1965 Robert Ballieu (1914–1980) [[UCLouvain]] *1966–1967 Eduard Franckx (1907– ) KMS – ERM *1968–1969 [[Burniat surface|Pol Burniat]] (1902–1975) ULBruxelles *1970–1971 Carl Clement Grosjean (1926–2006) U Gent *1972–1973 René Lavendhomme (1928–2002) UCLouvain *1974–1975 Henri Breny (1923–1991) U Liège *1976–1977 Alfred Warrinier (1938) [[K.U.Leuven]] *1978–1979 Robert Debever (1915–1998) ULBruxelles *1980–1981 Franz Bingen (1932) [[VUBrussel]] *1982–1983 José Paris UCLouvain *10/1983-10/1986 Richard Delanghe (1940) U Gent *10/1986-10/1988 Paul van Praag (1938-2019) U Mons-Hainaut *10/1988-1992 Alain Verschoren (1954-2020) [[University of Antwerp|U Antwerpen]] *1993-10/1996 Luc Lemaire (1950) ULBruxelles *10/1996-10/1999 Freddy Dumortier (1947) [[University of Hasselt|U Hasselt]] *10/1999-10/2002 Jean Schmets (1940) U Liège *10/2002-10/2005 Adhemar Bultheel (1948) K.U.Leuven *10/2005-10/2008 Cathérine Finet U Mons-Hainaut *10/2008-10/2011 Stefaan Caenepeel (1956) VUBrussel *10/2011-9/2015 Françoise Bastin U. Liège *10/2015-9/2018 Philippe Cara VU Brussel *10/2018-9/2023 Yves-Caoimhin (Yvik) Swan Uni. of Liège *10/2023- Joost Vercruysse ULBruxelles

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==External links== *[http://dwispc8.vub.ac.be/nieuwBMS/ Official website]

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