Director Boards of Mathematical Society of Serbia History of Mathematical Society of Serbia Membership in other associations

The Statute of Mathematical Society of Serbia

Director Boards of Mathematical Society of Serbia

The President of Society: Prof Branislav Popović

Executive board: Branislav Popović, the president Ratko Tošić Zoran Kadelburg Aleksandar Stanisavljević Slavoljub Milosavljević Vladimir Dragović Nebojša Lazović

Managing board: Siniša Vrećica Aleksandar Lipkovski Vojislav Andrić Vera Jocković Milan Jovanović Đura Paunić Zoran Kadelburg and one member of every Society branch.

Currently there are branches of Mathematical Society of Serbia in following cities: Belgrade, Alibunar, Bačka Palanka, Bor, Valjevo, Vrbas, Vršac, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Lazarevac, Leposavić, Leskovac, Loznica, Niš, Novi Sad, Pančevo, Pirot, Požarevac, Prokuplje, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica, Subotica and Šabac.

Membership in other associations

The Mathematical Society of Serbia is member of the following international associations:

	International Commission on Mathematical Instructions (ICMI)
	International Mathematical Union (IMU)
	American Mathematical Society (AMS)
	Mathematical Society of Southeastern Europe (MASSEE)
	European Mathematical Society (EMS)

History of Mathematical Society of Serbia

The Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Serbia was founded on January 4th, 1948. Starting from 1981 it operates under the name Mathematical Society of Serbia. The first president of the Society was Tadija Pejović, mathematics professor at the University of Belgrade. In the first years basic activities of the Society started, which remain as such today:

	In the field of science, national congresses have been held regularly. Twelve congresses were held so far, starting from 1949. Symposia on various topics have been held from time to time. Scientific journal "Matematički Vesnik" started in 1948 and 60 volumes have been published so far.
	Basic activity in the field of education is the organization of professional meetings called "Republički seminar o nastavi matematike i računarstva", where most of the mathematics and informatics teachers regularly take part. Other seminars are often organized by Society's branches. The journal "Nastava matematike" started in 1952 and it became the official bulletin of the Society, obtained by all members. It has now its research variant, published in English, called "Teaching of Mathematics".
	Organized and systematic work with groups of young mathematicians started also from the very beginning, both at primary and secondary schools level. Several summer and winter schools were organized, either by the Society or by its branches. "Matematički list zа učenike osnovnih škola" started in 1967 and it immediately became the most popular publication of the Society. The journal "Tangenta", intended for high school pupils, started in 1995.
	The Mathematical Society of Serbia is the exclusive organizer of all mathematics and informatics competitions, both for primary and secondary schools. Several tens of thousands of pupils take part in these competitions, ending with the final rounds (Serbian Mathematical Olympiads and Serbian Informatics Olympiads). The best of them qualify to Serbian teams for international competitions (Balkan Olympiads and International Olympiads) where we regularly take part.
	The Society is the one of the major publishers of mathematics books in Serbia. Besides the already mentioned five periodicals, it publishes a lot of books, intended mostly for the work with young mathematicians and programmers, but there is also a wide scope of publications, ranging from popular texts to scientific monographs. The most popular is the series "Materijali za mlade matematičare", with 49 titles published in several editions published so far.