 INdAM | |
| Established | 1939 |
|---|---|
| President | Giorgio Patrizio (since 2015) |
| Key people | Francesco Severi |
| Formerly called | Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica |
| Address | Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma |
| Location | , |
| Website | http://www.altamatematica.it/ |
The Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi, abbreviated as INdAM, is a government created non-profit research institution whose main purpose is to promote research in the field of mathematics and its applications and the diffusion of higher mathematical education in Italy.[1]
Its founder and first president, later nominated life president,[2] was Francesco Severi, who exerted also a major influence on the creation of the institute.[3]
- ^ See the Italian law (La Camera dei Deputati & Il Senato della Repubblica 1992) and its later amendment (Il Presidente della Repubblica 1999).
- ^ See Roghi (2005, p. 46).
- ^ According to De Concini (2005, p. VII) and Zappa (1984, p. 12), who clearly states:-"Proprio in quell'anno 1939–1940, Severi aveva costituito l'Istituto di Alta Matematica" ("Just in that year 1939–1940, Severi constituted the Istituto di Alta Matematica").