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Recent Rapid Growth
In 2006, Korea ranked 12th in SCIE publications in mathematics, more than doubling its publications in less than 10 years.
A successful model for many IMU member countries with relatively short history of mathematical research in modern standards.
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USA China UK Canada Japan Korea India
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| 1997 |
4,484 937 836 684 638 154 257
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| 1998 |
4,990 967 991 688 789 198 249
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| 1999 |
4,756 1,022 1,003 739 741 203 281
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| 2000 |
4,850 1,124 1,036 671 831 246 256
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| 2001 |
4,730 1,311 1,020 677 968 262 279
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| 2002 |
4,815 1,387 1,041 709 823 260 297
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| 2003 |
5,074 1,566 1,075 822 1,007 351 333
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| 2004 |
4,717 1,599 1,010 782 866 280 260
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| 2005 |
5,307 1,869 1,120 932 854 357 269
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| 2006 |
5,720 2,335 1,250 980 952 389 290
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Rapid growth is observed over a broad spectrum including a phenomenal performance surge in International Mathematical Olympiad, underscoring the public's growing interest in mathematics.
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88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
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| IMO Rank |
22 28 32 17 18 15 13 07 08 11 12 07 04 04 06 06 12 05 03 03
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Early Pioneers
Ree, Rimhak (1922-2005)
- Research Areas: Group theory, Lie algebras - Highlights * Fellow, Royal Society of Canada * Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada - Ree, Rimhak studied mathematics in Korea and taught briefly at Seoul National University before going to Canada for graduate study. He became a world authority on group theory and originated the so-called 'Ree Group' in the 1960s. His achievements in research in some 29 simple groups, including the two found in the 1960s, made him a gigantic figure in world mathematics circles and rank as important accomplishments in the world history of mathematics. Over 90 research papers on Ree Groups were published during the period 1984-1994, and he is considered one of the world's greatest contributors to group theory research, alongside Cauchy and Galois. At the age of 40 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. - Selected Publications 1) On some simple groups defined by C. Chevalley, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1957), 392-400. 2) Commutator groups of free products of torsion-free abelian groups, Ann. Math. (2) 66 (1957), 380-394. 3) Lie elements and an algebra associated with shuffles, Ann. Math. (2) 68 (1958), 210-220. 4) A family of simple groups associated with the simpe Lie algebras of type F4, Amer. J. Math. 83 (1961), 401-420. 5) A family of simple groups associated with the simpe Lie algebras of type G2, Amer. J. Math. 83 (1961), 432-462.
Rim, Dock Sang
- Research Areas: Algebraic geometry, algebraic K-theory - Highlights * B.S. Seoul National University, Korea * Professor / Chairman, University of Pennsylvania, USA - Selected Publications 1) Analytic equivalence of a singular set. Amer. J. Math. 90 1968 463-475. 2) Deformation of transitive Lie algebras. Ann. of Math. (2) 83 1966 339-357. 3) (with Buchsbaum, David) A generalized Koszul complex. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 69 1963 382-385. 4) Modules over finite groups. Ann. of Math. (2) 69 1959 700-712. 5) Relatively complete fields. Duke Math. J. 24 (1957), 197-200.
Kwun, Kyung-Whan
- Research Areas: Algebraic topology - Highlights * B.S., Seoul National University, Korea * Professor / Chairman, Michigan State University, USA * Professor / Chairman, Postech, Korea - Selected Publications 1) Raymond, Frank Spherical manifolds. Duke Math. J. 34 1967 397-401. 2) Szczarba, R. H. Product and sum theorems for Whitehead torsion. Ann. of Math. (2) 82 1965 183-190. 3) Product of euclidean spaces modulo an arc. Ann. of Math. (2) 79 1964 104--108. 4) Kwun, Kyung Whan An involution of the n-cell. Duke Math. J. 30 1963 443--446. 5) Raymond, Frank Factors of cubes. Amer. J. Math. 84 1962 433-440.
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ICM Invited Speakers
Jun-Muk Hwang
- Section 4 (Algebraic and Complex Geometry), ICM 2006 - KIAS, Seoul, Korea - Title: Geometric structures arising from varieties of minimal rational tangents - Abstract:
Yong-Geun Oh
- Section 5 (Geometry), ICM 2006 - University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA and KIAS, Seoul, Korea - Title: Floer homology in symplectic geometry and in mirror symmetry (Geometry) - Abstract: 
Jeong Han Kim
- Section 14 (Combinatorics), ICM 2006 - Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA and Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea - Title: Poisson cloning model for random graphs (Combinatorics) - Abstract: 
Prizes Awarded by the KMS
| KMS Lifetime Achievement Award |
Awarded to those who have greatly contributed to the development of Korean mathematics through many years of social or academic activities |
Awarded at the KMS fall meetings (medal and supplementary prize) |
| KMS Academic Achievement Award |
Awarded to those who have greatly contributed to the development of science by dedicating many years to mathematical research and making outstanding academic achievements |
| KMS Excellent Domestic Paper Award |
Awarded to those who have greatly contributed to the development of science by publishing their high-quality research in the KMS journals |
| KMS Excellent Research Paper Award |
Awarded to members of the Society who have greatly contributed to the development of mathematics by having their highest-quality research papers published during the past three years |
Awarded at the KMS spring meetings (medal and supplementary prize) |
| KMS Award for Advancement of Mathematics Education |
Awarded to those who have greatly contributed to the development of talent through many years of mathematics education |
Prizes Awarded by Korean Government
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