Founders of Mathematical Societies

Test your knowledge about the founders of various mathematical societies.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the American Mathematical Society?

  1. George Birkhoff
  2. Thomas Edison
  3. John von Neumann
  4. James Joseph Sylvester
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Mathematical Association of America?

  1. Benjamin Pierce
  2. George William Hill
  3. James Pierpont
  4. Edwin Bidwell Wilson
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the London Mathematical Society?

  1. Augustus De Morgan
  2. William Rowan Hamilton
  3. Charles Babbage
  4. George Boole
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the French Mathematical Society?

  1. Joseph-Louis Lagrange
  2. Pierre-Simon Laplace
  3. Gaspard Monge
  4. Jean-Baptiste Fourier
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the German Mathematical Society?

  1. Karl Weierstrass
  2. Leopold Kronecker
  3. Felix Klein
  4. David Hilbert
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Italian Mathematical Society?

  1. Francesco Brioschi
  2. Luigi Cremona
  3. Eugenio Beltrami
  4. Guido Castelnuovo
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Japanese Mathematical Society?

  1. Kikuchi Dairoku
  2. Fujisawa Rikitaro
  3. Takagi Teiji
  4. Nishiyama Toshihiko
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Indian Mathematical Society?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan
  2. C. V. Raman
  3. Meghnad Saha
  4. S. N. Bose
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Canadian Mathematical Society?

  1. John Charles Fields
  2. Harold Scott Macdonald Coxeter
  3. Richard Guy
  4. James Arthur
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Australian Mathematical Society?

  1. Thomas Ranken Lyle
  2. Orwell de R. Foenander
  3. John Medley Wood
  4. Edward John Nanson
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the New Zealand Mathematical Society?

  1. George Forbes
  2. Charles Chilton
  3. Ernest Rutherford
  4. David Strang
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the South African Mathematical Society?

  1. John William Bews
  2. Louis Bosman
  3. Sidney Skewes
  4. Harold Scott Macdonald Coxeter
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Brazilian Mathematical Society?

  1. Gastão Cruls
  2. Henrique Morize
  3. Miguel Ozorio de Almeida
  4. Immanuel Löwy
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Argentine Mathematical Union?

  1. Julio Rey Pastor
  2. José Babini
  3. Alberto González Domínguez
  4. Luis Santaló
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the founder of the Mexican Mathematical Society?

  1. Alfonso Nápoles Gándara
  2. Manuel Sandoval Vallarta
  3. Carlos Graef Fernández
  4. Guillermo Haro