''Aequationes Mathematicae'' is a mathematical journal. It is primarily devoted to

functional equation In mathematics, a functional equation is, in the broadest meaning, an equation in which one or several functions appear as unknowns. So, differential equations and integral equations are functional equations. However, a more restricted mea ...

s, but also publishes papers in

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combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many a ...

, and

geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is c ...

. As well as publishing regular journal submissions on these topics, it also regularly reports on international symposia on functional equations and produces bibliographies on the subject. János Aczél founded the journal in 1968 at the

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, in part because of the long publication delays of up to four years in other journals at the time of its founding. It is currently published by

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, with Zsolt Páles of the

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as its editor in chief. János Aczél remains its honorary editor in chief. it was listed as a second-quartile mathematics journal by

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