This post concerns the Association for Mathematical Research, or AMR. A number of people are upset by its existence. I am not exactly one of them, but am suspicious, mainly because I do not know why a new organization would be needed, when we already have
- the London Mathematical Society (founded 1865);
- the American Mathematical Society (founded 1888);
- the Mathematical Association of America (founded 1915);
- the International Mathematical Union (founded 1920, refounded 1950);
- the European Mathematical Society (founded 1990);
- various other national and international bodies.
The Twitter account of the AMR is dated to April, 2021. The website of the AMR supplies a list of founding members, but no account of when, how, or why they became founders. The site has a brief mission statement:
THE MISSION of the AMR is to SUPPORT MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH and SCHOLARSHIP
Are those other organizations not doing a good job? Continue reading
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