Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award

The Alfred Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences recognized work in mathematical analysis. It was established in 1912 by engineer Alfred Ackermann-Teubner (1857-01-31 – 1940),^[1] and was an endowment of the University of Leipzig.^[2]

The first award was made in 1914.^[3] Subsequent awards were to be made every other year until a surplus of 60,000 marks was accumulated within the endowment, at which time, the prize was to be awarded annually. The subjects included:^[4]

• History, philosophy, teaching
• Mathematics, especially arithmetic and algebra
• Mechanics
• Mathematical physics
• Mathematics, especially analysis
• Astronomy and theory of errors
• Mathematics, especially geometry
• Applied mathematics, especially geodesy and geophysics.

Honorees

The fifteen honorees between 1914 and 1941 are:^[5]

• 1914: Felix Klein^[3]
• 1916: Ernst Zermelo, prize of 1,000 marks^[6]
• 1918: Ludwig Prandtl^[7]
• 1920 : Gustav Mie^[8]
• 1922: Paul Koebe^[9]
• 1924 : Arnold Kohlschütter^[10]
• 1926 : Wilhelm Blaschke^[11]
• 1928 : Albert Defant^(de)[12]
• 1930: Johannes Tropfke^(de)
• 1932: Emmy Noether and Emil Artin, co-honorees^[13]
• 1934: Erich Trefftz^(de)[14]
• 1937 : Pascual Jordan^[15]
• 1938 : Erich Hecke^[16]
• 1941 : Paul ten Bruggencate^[17]

Jurists

In 1937, Constantin Carathéodory and Erhard Schmidt were invited to jury the award.^[18] Along with Wilhelm Blaschke, Carathéodory was invited again in 1944 by the German Union of Mathematicians.^[19]

References

1. "Ackermann, Gustav Alfred Benedictus". personen-wiki.slub-dresden.de. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
2. Georgiadou, Maria (2004). Constantin Carathéodory: Mathematics and Politics in Turbulent Times. New York: Springer. p. 348. ISBN 3-540-20352-4.
3. "Notes". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. 21 (8): 419. May 1915. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1915-02671-6.
4. "Notes and News". The American Mathematical Monthly. Mathematical Association of America. 19 (8/9): 157. August–September 1912. JSTOR 2972758.
5. Ackermann-Teubner memorial prize (Leipzig 1914-1941)
6. "Notes". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. 23 (7): 336. April 1917. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1917-02963-1.
7. Society, American Mathematical (July 1919). "Notes". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. 25: 477. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1919-03240-6.
8. "Notes". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 27 (5): 237–241. 1921. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1921-03418-5.
9. "Notes". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. 29 (5): 235. May 1923. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1923-03715-4.
10. "Notes". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (7): 375–378. 1925. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1925-04073-2..
11. "Notes". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 33 (3): 373. 1927. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1927-04389-0..
12. "Notes". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 35 (5): 741. 1929. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1929-04836-5..
13. Felder, D.G.; Rosen, D. (2005-02-01). Fifty Jewish women who changed the world. New York: Citadel Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-8065-2656-4.
14. "Notes" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society: 178. May 1935. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1935-06071-9.
15. Teubner, ed. (1937). "Ackermann-Teubnerpreis 1937". Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 47: 76..
16. "Ackermann-Teubnerpreis 1938". Mathematische Annalen. Springer-Verlag. 117 (1): 140. 1940. doi:10.1007/BF01450014..
17. "Alfred Ackermann-Teubner Gedächnispreis". Mathematische Annalen. 118: 440. 1941. doi:10.1007/bf01487379.
18. Georgiadou, p. 348
19. Georgiadou, p. 399