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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819238203321

Autore

Hollings Christopher <1982->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-4704-5515-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 pages)

Collana

History of mathematics ; ; volume 44

Classificazione

01A60

Disciplina

510.7

Soggetti

Mathematics - Congresses - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.