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Hollings Christopher <1982-> |
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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 |
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Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 pages) |
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Collana |
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History of mathematics ; ; volume 44 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mathematics - Congresses - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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