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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

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Series: History of mathematics ; Vol 44Publisher: Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2020]Copyright date: © 2020Description: xix, 338 Seiten : IllustrationenISBN:
  • 9781470443535
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781470455156. MSC: MSC: 01A60LOC classification:
  • QA1
Summary: 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.PPN: PPN: 1688612467
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Freihandbestand ausleihbar Fachbibliothek Mathematik Bibliothek / frei aufgestellt Gesch./Phil. / Hol Available 36599033090
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