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Meeting under the integral sign? : the Oslo Congress of Mathematicians on the eve of the Second World War / Christopher D. Hollings, Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze ; in collaboration with Henrik Kragh Sørensen
(History of Mathematics. ISSN:24724785 ; v. 44)
Publisher | Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society |
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Year | [2019] |
Size | 1 online resource (pages cm.) |
Authors | *Hollings, Christopher 1982- author Siegmund-Schultze, R author Sørensen, Henrik Kragh author |
Subjects | LCSH:International Congress of Mathematicians (1936 Oslo, Norway) LCSH:International Congress of Mathematicians -- History All Subject Search LCSH:Mathematics -- Congresses -- History -- 20th century All Subject Search |
Contents | Introduction: Four strategies, the prehistory of the Oslo Congress, and sources The Norwegian hosts: The newcomer with historical traditions The German delegation: Swaying between expansionism and isolationism The Russian withdrawl: Isolationism out of fear and ideology The Italian case: Mathematics as a victim of world politics The Congress in the Norwegian dailies International mathematics shortly before and after the Second World War: A glimpse ahead and back again Assessing the mathematics of the Congress The plenary lectures ICMI Conclusions regarding the mathematics of the Congress Norwegian newspaper items relating to the Congress Letter from Heegaard to Engel, 24 July 1936 Congress report from Neue Z�urcher Zeitung, 9 August 1936 Leitzmann's unpublished report on the Congress Report by E. G. Kern, the Nazi functionary in Oslo, to Nazi headquarters in Berlin, 15 August 1936 Newspaper profile of E. G. Kern, the Nazi functionary in Oslo, 4 December 1937 (with St�rmer's annotation) Transcription of two recommendations made by the Subcommittee on Conferences to the Organizing Committee of the planned 1940 ICM Transcription of an attachment to the round letter of the Organizing Committee of the planned 1940 ICM, listing the mathematicians invited |
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index Access is restricted to licensed institutions Electronic reproduction Providence, Rhode Island American Mathematical Society 2020 Mode of access : World Wide Web Description based on print version record HTTP:URL=https://www.ams.org/hmath/044 Information=Contents HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1090/hmath/044 Information=Contents |
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