[4] The origins of the JSMF lie in the Association for Free Lectures in Mathematics and Physics (Czech: Spolek pro volné prědnášky z mathematiky a fysiky), a learned society founded in Prague in 1862.

[5] In 1921 the society changed its name again, to the Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists (Czech: Jednota cěskoslovenských mathematiků a fysiků, JČMF).

[7] In 1969 Czechoslovakia became a federal state and the Slovak Socialist Republic gained more political autonomy, which led the creation of the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists within the JČMF.

[8] The SMS is independently a full member of the European Mathematical Society.

[1] The SMS holds an annual conference attended by both research mathematicians and mathematics school teachers.