Mathematicians of the World, Unite!: The International Congress of Mathematicians--A Human EndeavorThis vividly illustrated history of the International Congress of Mathematicians- a meeting of mathematicians from around the world held roughly every four years- acts as a visual history of the 25 congresses held between 1897 and 2006, as well as a story of changes in the culture of mathematics over the past century. Because the congress is an int |
Contents
| 1 | |
I Early Times
| 9 |
II Crisis in the Interwar Period
| 67 |
III The Golden Era
| 125 |
IV On the Road
| 173 |
V In a Global World
| 255 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 307 |
| 309 | |
Back Flap
| 315 |
Back Cover
| 316 |
Other editions - View all
Mathematicians of the World, Unite!: The International Congress of ... Guillermo Curbera No preview available - 2009 |
Mathematicians of the World, Unite!: The International Congress of ... Guillermo Curbera No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
Academy of Sciences addresses Ahlfors Algebraic Geometry American Mathematical Society Amsterdam Analysis Andrew Wiles announced attend the congress August awarded Beijing Berlin Bologna Cambridge Carl Størmer Carleson Cartan cians Circolo closing ceremony congress Congress of Mathematicians congress participants congress took place countries Courtesy Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung Edinburgh ematical excursion exhibition Fields Medal Fields Medal Committee Fields medalists France French G¨ottingen Gaston Julia Gauss German gresses Hall Heidelberg held Hilbert History honorary president Institute International Congress International Mathematical Union invited lectures journal Kyoto large number Lennart Carleson logo Madrid Matematica mathematical community Mathematical Congress mathematicians Mathématique matical maticians meeting Mittag-Leffler Moscow Moscow 1966 congress Nevanlinna Prize Number Theory opening ceremony organizing committee Oslo Paris plenary lectures Poincaré presented previous congresses Problems proceedings proposal Rome Royal Salvatore Pincherle Section session Stockholm Strasbourg Swiss tion tional Topology University of Helsinki University of Toronto Vancouver venue Warsaw Zurich