N°204Feb 17, 2022
The Société mathématique de France celebrates its 150th anniversary
In 1871, France, fresh from defeat at the hands of Germany, recognized that it had fallen behind technologically. The government of the new French Republic decided to bring together and coordinate efforts to organize research. This led to the founding of the Société mathématique de France (SMF) in 1872, followed the next year by the Société française de physique.
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