Meeting under the integral sign? : the Oslo Congress of Mathematicians on the eve of the Second World War
Christopher Hollings
Bok · Engelsk · 2020
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| Omfang | xix, 338 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | 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 withdrawal : 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.. - "This book examines the historically unique conditions under which the International Congress of Mathematicians took place in Oslo in 1936. This Congress was the only one on this level to be held during the period of the Nazi regime in Germany (1933-1945) and after the wave of emigrations from it. Relying heavily on unpublished archival sources, the authors consider the different goals of the various participants in the Congress, most notably those of the Norwegian organizers, and the Nazi-led German delegation. They also investigate the reasons for the absence of the proposed Soviet and Italian delegations. In addition, aiming to shed light onto the mathematical dimension of the Congress, the authors provide overviews of the nineteen plenary presentations, as well as their planning and development. Biographical information about each of the plenary speakers rounds off the picture. The Oslo Congress, the first at which Fields Medals were awarded, is used as a lens through which the reader of this book can view the state of the art of mathematics in the mid-1930s"
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| ISBN | 9781470443535
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