02185nam 2200457 450 991081923820332120200818095136.01-4704-5515-3(CKB)4100000011040056(MiAaPQ)EBC6176741(RPAM)21380216(EXLCZ)99410000001104005620200818d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMeeting 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 SørensenProvidence, Rhode Island :American Mathematical Society,[2020]©20201 online resource (360 pages)History of mathematics ;volume 441-4704-4353-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.History of mathematics ;volume 44.MathematicsCongressesHistory20th centuryMathematicsCongressesHistory510.701A60mscHollings Christopher1982-524955Sørensen Henrik KraghSiegmund-Schultze R(Reinhard),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819238203321Meeting under the integral sign3956740UNINA