Title: Hungarian mathematical talents 100 years ago, 50 years ago and today----How “KöMaL” Works
题目: 匈牙利的数学天才们—100年前,50年前及当代---中学数学教育杂志“KöMaL”的作用
Speaker (报告人): Oláh Vera (Rrepresentative of MATFUND Foundation (NGO), the publisher of KöMaL mathematical journal in Hungary,former Editor-in-Chief. 现任出版社代表,前任主编)
Abstract/摘要: Compared to its relatively small population (approx. 10 millions), Hungary has raised many famous mathematicians. From the beginning of the 19th century through the 20th until 2012 just mention some of them: János Bolyai built a non-euclidian geometry, John von Neumann built the first computer, Paul Erdős published 1500 papers in many fields of mathematics with more than 500 co-authors without any internet connections, Péter D. Lax and Endre Szemerédi (this year) were awarded the Abel Prize, László Lovász the president of the International Mathematics Union (2007-2010) awarded the Wolf Prize and the Kyoto Prize.
Hungary has more than a hundred years tradition of mathematical competitions and the journal for the secondary school students (and teachers) KöMaL which helped to recognize and develop mathematical talents. In Hungary's teaching system KöMaL is a connection between high school and university.
In the last 20 years a new journal for the elementary schools Abacus and many other extracurricular programs, new types of competitions as team competitions, multiple choice competitions and math camps play an important role in supporting and promoting talented students. Hungary's new non governmental organization the National Talent Support Council is working for all types of talents.