The Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni (Reports on Mathematics and its applications) is an open access peer-reviewed mathematics journal, jointly published by the "Guido Castelnuovo" Department of Mathematics of the Sapienza University of Rome and by the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi,[2] established in 1913.[3] The Journal started his publications a year after, in 1914, and his first director was Vito Volterra.[4]
It publishes research articles in pure and applied mathematics, without imposing restrictions on the length of the work: for this reason, the submission of surveys, articles of foundational nature and doctoral dissertations is also encouraged.[5] As in every peer reviewed journal, every article is refereed, and the journal adheres to the EMS Code of Practice.[6]
The journal is abstracted and indexed by Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt MATH and Scopus.
Historical notes
Foundation and the first four series
The journal was founded in 1913 as the press organ of the "Seminario Matematico della Facoltà di Scienze della Reale Uninversità di Roma":[3] its first director (Editor in chief) was Vito Volterra,[4] who held this position from its foundation to the year 1921. The direction passed to Guido Castelnuovo who held it from 1921 to 1922:[7] with the beginning of and during the publishing of the whole second and third series of the journal, from 1922 to 1935 Federigo Enriques was the director.[8] During fourth series of the journal, at the starting of which it underwent its first name change, the direction passed to Gaetano Scorza, who held it until his death in 1939.[9]
The INdAM and its influence
The founding of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica in 1939, under the decisive influence of Francesco Severi,[10] had important consequences on the "Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico". On 23 November 1939, during its first meeting, the Scientific Council[11] of the then newborn institute,[12] considering the need of a means to publish the results of the research done by the members and the students working at the institute,[13] decided to merge the needed means and the already existing journal in one single entity, giving birth to the "Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni".[13] Entrusted with this double function the fifth series of the journal, from the first volume published in 1940[14] to the first issue of the fourth volume published in 1943,[15] included a section listing the programs of the INdAM courses of the current academic year[16] as well as section listing the research problems proposed by the lecturers currently working at the institute.[17]
Timeline of Journal series and editors in chief
| Years | Journal series | Journal name | Editor in chief | Years in charge | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913–1922 | Serie I | Seminario Matematico della Regia Università di Roma: Rendiconti delle sedute[1] |
Vito Volterra | 1913–1921 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. I, IX) |
| Guido Castelnuovo | 1921–1922 | ||||
| 1922–1931 | Serie II | Federigo Enriques | 1922–1935 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. IX, 9, 17) | |
| 1931–1935 | Serie III | ||||
| 1936–1939 | Serie IV | Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Regia Università di Roma[18] |
Gaetano Scorza | 1936–1939 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. I, IX) |
| 1940–1967 | Serie V | Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni |
Francesco Severi, Enrico Bompiani and Fabio Conforto[19] |
1940–1954 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. I, IX) |
| Francesco Severi and Enrico Bompiani |
1954–1959 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. I, IX) | |||
| Francesco Severi and Beniamino Segre |
1960–1961 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. I, IX) | |||
| Beniamino Segre | 1961–1972 | (Ceccherini 1970, pp. I, IX), (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) |
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| 1968–1980 | Serie VI | Rendiconti di Matematica | |||
| Gaetano Fichera and Aldo Ghizzetti |
1973–1976 | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) | |||
| Aldo Ghizzetti | 1976–1983 | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) | |||
| 1981–present | Serie VII | Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni |
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| Paolo Emilio Ricci | 1984–1985 | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) | |||
| Pietro Benvenuti and Paolo Emilio Ricci |
1986–1995 | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) | |||
| Pietro Benvenuti | 1996–2003 | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) | |||
| Alessandro Silva | 2004–2015 | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) | |||
| Marco Manetti | 2016–present | (Journal "Historical Notes"2016) |
See also
Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova
Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico Università e Politecnico di Torino
Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma
Notes
According to Ceccherini (1970, p. 3 footnote (*)), the first printing of the first volume was printed in the typography of the Pallotta Brothers ("Ditta F.lli Pallotta") under the title "Seminario Matematico della Regia Università di Roma: Verbali delle sedute" (English: Mathematical Seminar of the Royal University of Rome: Minutes of the sessions) instead of "Rendiconti delle sedute" (English: Reports of the sessions). The same year, the new printer, the "Tipografia Nazionale di Bertero e C.", substituted the cover page of the journal with the stated name.
See (Zappa 1984, p. 12) and (Roghi 2005, p. 10).
(Bacciotti 1998, p. 309), (The Editorial Board 2016a).
According to the Journal "Historical Notes" (2016): see also (Ceccherini 1970, p. 3).
See the journal editorial policy statement at the journal home page (2016).
(Journal home page (2016).
Ceccherini (1970, pp. IX, 3).
Ceccherini (1970, pp. IX, 9, 17).
(Ceccherini 1970, pp. IX, 19)
According to De Concini (2005, p. VII) and Zappa (1984, p. 12), who also who precisely states that:-"Proprio in quell'anno 1939–1940, Severi aveva costituito l'Istituto di Alta Matematica" (English: Just in that year 1939–1940, Severi constituted the Istituto di Alta Matematica).
"Italian: Il Consiglio Scientifico" (Roghi 2005, p. 8).
The members of the council were Francesco Severi (the president), Luigi Fantappiè, Giulio Krall as members of the institute, Enrico Bompiani and Mauro Picone as member chosen by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Rome (Roghi 2005, p. 8).
(Roghi 2005, p. 10).
(Ceccherini 1970, p. 26).
(Ceccherini 1970, p. 42).
"Programmi dei corsi..." (English: Course programs...): see (Ceccherini 1970, pp. 28–29, 31–32, 37–39, 45–46).
"Problemi, risultati e discussioni (lavori di seminario)" (English: Problems, results and discussions (Seminar wors)): see (Ceccherini 1970, pp. 27–28, 29–31, 32–34, 35–37, 39–41, 43–45) and also the description of the activities at the INdAM in the early 1940s given by Zappa (1984, p. 12).
Called also "Bollettino del Seminario Matematico" (English: Bulletin of the Mathematical Seminar) by Roghi (2005, p. 10).
As the "Direttore gerente responsabile", i.e. as the managing director of the journal, according to Ceccherini (1970, pp. IX, 26).
References
Bacciotti, Andrea (1998), "Periodici di matematica italiani: passato e futuro" [Italian mathematics periodicals: past and future], Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana. Sezione A. La Matematica nella Società e nella Cultura, Serie VII (in Italian), 1-A (3): 307–315, MR 1719425.
Ceccherini, Pier Vittorio, ed. (1970), Rendiconti di Matematica. Indice 1913–1967 (Serie I–II–III–IV–V) [Reports on Mathematics. Index 1913–1967 (Series I–II–III–IV–V)], Supplemento al volume 3 della Serie VI (in Italian), Con una prefazione di Beniamino Segre, Gubbio: Oderisi, pp. XVI+253, ISSN 0034-4427, OCLC 716274706.
De Concini, Corrado (December 2005), "Prefazione", in Roghi, G. (ed.), Materiale per una storia dell'Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica dal 1939 to 2003., Bollettino della Unione Matematica Italiana, Sezione A, La Matematica nella Società e nella Cultura, Serie VIII (in Italian), 8-A, pp. VII–VIII, MR 2225078, Zbl 1089.01500.
The Editorial Board (2016), Journal home page, Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni, retrieved 26 November 2016.
The Editorial Board (2016a), Historical Notes, Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni, retrieved 26 November 2016.
Roghi, G. (December 2005), "Materiale per una storia dell'Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica dal 1939 to 2003." [Materials toward a history of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica from 1939 to 2003], Bollettino della Unione Matematica Italiana, Sezione A, La Matematica nella Società e nella Cultura, Serie VIII (in Italian), 8-A (3, parte 2): X+301, MR 2225078, Zbl 1089.01500. This is a monographic fascicle published on the "Bollettino della Unione Matematica Italiana", describing the history of the "Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi" from its foundation in 1939 to 2003: it was written by Gino Roghi and includes a presentation by Salvatore Coen and a preface by Corrado De Concini. It is almost exclusively based on sources from the institute archives: the wealth and variety of materials included, jointly with its appendices and indexes, make this monograph a useful reference not only for the history of the institute itself, but also for the history of many mathematicians who taught or followed the institute courses or simply worked there.
Segre, Beniamino (1970), "Prefazione", in Ceccherini, Pier Vittorio (ed.), Rendiconti di Matematica. Indice 1913–1967 (Serie I–II–III–IV–V) [Reports on Mathematics. Index 1913–1967 (Series I–II–III–IV–V)], Supplemento al volume 3 della Serie VI (in Italian), Gubbio: Oderisi, pp. V–VII, ISSN 0034-4427, OCLC 716274706. The "Introduction" (English translation of the title) to the indexes volume of the first five series of the journal.
Zappa, Guido (1984), "La scuola matematica di Francesco Severi intorno al 1940" [The mathematical school of Francesco Severi around 1940] (PDF), Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma, (4) (in Italian), 10*: 11–14, MR 0777309, Zbl 0562.01015. This work describes the research activity at the Sapienza University of Rome and at the (at that time newly created) "Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi" from the end of the 1930s to the early 1940s.
External links
Volumes from 14 (1994) to 22 (2002) of the Series VIII of the "Rendiconti" archived at the Internet Archive.
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
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