Mathematics teachers from Tîrgu Mureș have approached the talented scholars from the 90s. To this, they established the Vályi Gyula Mathematical Association in 1994. The name of the association is given by the greatest scientist born in the town of Tirgu Mures, who developed the mathematical foundations for the description of the propellers.
The main purpose of the Association is to train talented scholars in mathematics and to popularize the life and scientific work of the scientist Vályi Gyula.
The activities of the Association are well known and recognized in Romania and Hungary at the national level.
In over 20 years of activity, members of the Association have conducted over 5000 hours of training in the Vályi Gyula math club as well as in math camps. In addition, the Association organized annually the Vályi Gyula Mathematics Memorial Contest, which was attended by pupils from the Transylvanian counties as well as from Hungary.
For 10 years, between 1994 and 2004 the Association functioned as a mathematical branch of the Hungarian Technical Scientific Society of Transylvania.
By decision 45 from 1st November 2004, the Association was registered at the Tîrgu Mureş court. Founding members of the association were: Donáth Árpád, Sándor Éva, Sebestyén Dénes, Sebestyén Julianna and Simon János.
The association was established as an educational institution by the Romanian Ministry of Education on November 19, 2004, with registration number 484.
Since October 27, the math activities organized by the Association were registered in Hungary as a talent point, having the identification number TP 111 001 715.
On 9th of July 2015, the Valy Gyula Mathematical Association accredited the Vályi Gyula talent point as a center of excellence in regional talent exploration and training within MATEHETSZ - Hungary.
From 24th March 2018. the Vályi Gyula Mathematical Association is a member of the European Talent Support Network - ETSN, as a registered European Talent point.
The members of the Association are mainly volunteering mathematics professors who regularly run the math activities of the Vályi Gyula talent point, every week in the Bolyai Farkas Theoretical High School.
The number of teacher members oscillated during the years between 15-30 persons.
The number of involved scholars was around 50-60and the number of the participants at the Vályi Gyula Mathematics Memorial Contest was around 80-100 children.