NEW ARTICLE COMPETITIONS
RPAMath
The Committee for Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics of the European Mathematical Society
(acronym RPA) believes that it is
of vital importance for the recognition of mathematics in society that articles are written popularising mathematics.
The experiences gained from the first article competition organized by the RPA-committee of the EMS (completed in
2003) show that it is most convenient
to distinguish between articles addressing the educated layman and articles addressing a general audience.
The EMS therefore now wishes to encourage the submissions of articles on mathematics to two competitions, one for
articles for the educated layman and one for articles for a general audience. It is the hope to collect valuable contributions,
which deserve translation into many languages. The EMS is convinced that such articles will contribute to
raising public awareness of mathematics.
The RPA-committee of the EMS invites professional mathematicians, or others, to submit manuscripts for suitable
articles on mathematics for one of two competitions.
Articles for the educated layman (Competition 2005)
To be considered, an article must be published, or be about to be published, in an international magazine, or a specialized national magazine,
bringing articles on mathematics for an educated public. Articles for the competition shall be submitted both in the original language
(the published version) and preferably also in an English translation. Articles (translations) may, however, also be submitted in
French, German, Italian or Spanish. The English (or alternative language) version should be submitted both in paper and electronically.
Deadline for submission to this competition: August 1, 2005.
Articles for the general public (Competition 2006)
To be considered, an article must be published, or be about to be published, in a daily newspaper, or some other widely read general magazine,
thereby providing some evidence that the article does catch the interest of a general audience. Articles for the competition shall be submitted
both in the original language (the published version) and preferably also in an English translation. Articles (translations) may, however,
also be submitted in French, German, Italian or Spanish. The English (or alternative language) version should be submitted both in paper
and electronically.
Deadline for submission to this competition: January 1, 2006.
Prizes and conditions for submissions
For each of the two competitions, there will be prizes for the three best articles, respectively 200, 150 and 100 Euros and many of the
winning articles will be published in the Newsletter of the EMS. Other articles from the competition may also be published if space permits.
By submitting an article for one of the competitions, it is assumed that the author gives permission to translation of the article into other languages, and for possible inclusion into a web-site. Translations into other languages will be checked by persons appointed by relevant local mathematical societies and will be included on the web-site.
Articles should be sent before the given deadlines, clearly indicating to which
one of the two competitions the article is submitted, to the chairman of the
RPA-committee of the EMS:
Professor Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen, Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark, Matematiktorvet, Building 303, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. e-mail: V.L.Hansen@mat.dtu.dk