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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-04-10 human Sara Maroske updated 2026-05-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007664b.htm person Svéd Márta AACR2 Wachsberger, Márta 16 December 1910 30 September 2005 Place of Birth Budapest, Hungary Place of Death South Australia, Australia Mathematician Teacher Márta Svéd became interested in mathematics through a Hungarian magazine for high school mathematicians, Középiskolai Matematikai Lapok. In 1928 she took third place in the Hungarian national high school mathematics competition and subsequently studied mathematics at the Royal Joseph University in Budapest. After teaching for several years, Svéd and her husband engineer George migrated to South Australia in 1939. Between 1942 and 1958 Sved taught mathematics and physics at the Wilderness School in Adelaide. During this time she was a founder of the first Australian high school mathematics journal. In 1959 she became tutor in mathematics at the University of Adelaide, retiring in 1975. Svéd published numerous articles in the Mathematical intelligencer, Mathematics magazine, Discrete mathematics, and Mathematics teacher. For her significant contributions to the teaching of mathematics, Svéd was awarded the B. H. Neumann Award for Excellence in Mathematics Enrichment by the Australian Mathematics Trust in 1994. The University of Adelaide offers the Márta Svéd Scholarship for women mathematics students. 1928 1928 Award - Placed third in the Eötvös national mathematics competition, Hungary 10 May 1939 10 May 1939 Life event - Arrived in Melbourne with husband, George Svéd 1942 1942 Career event - Helped found Australia's first high school mathematics magazine 1942 1958 Career position - Mathematics and physics teacher, Wilderness School, Adelaide 1945 1945 Life event - Naturalised as an Australian citizen 1959 1967 Career position - Senior tutor, Department of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1967 1975 Career position - Senior tutor, Department of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1985 1985 Education - PhD, University of Adelaide 1994 1994 Award - B. H. Neumann Award for Excellence in Mathematics Enrichment, Australian Mathematics Trust (jointly) The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Senior tutor, Department of Mathematics 1967 - 1975

 B. H. Neumann Award for Excellence in Mathematics Enrichment, Australian Mathematics Trust (1992 - )

Awarded the Medal 1994 (jointly)

 'Svéd, Márta', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Svéd, Márta Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Journey into geometries Svéd, Marta Journey into geometries New York Mathematical Association of America 1991 Thesis: On finite linear and Baer structures Svéd, Marta On finite linear and Baer structures University of Adelaide 1985 Book: Two Lives and a Bonus Svéd, Marta Two Lives and a Bonus Norwood (S.A.) Peacock Publications 2006 Resource: BH Neumann Award recipients Australian Mathematics Trust BH Neumann Award recipients Australian Mathematics Trust 2025 SVED George - born 30 May 1910 - Hungarian National Archives of Australia, National Office SVED George - born 30 May 1910 - Hungarian Item ID 6981800 1944 - 1945 Item: 1945/4/1153 part of Series A435, Class 4 correspondence files relating to naturalisation, 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1950. Application for citizenship. 29 pages. Includes information about his wife, Márta Svéd, (1910 - 2005). 1 folder