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

1 online resource (360 pages)

ISBN 9781470455156 (e-book)

ISBN 9781470443535

History of mathematics ; volume 44

Print version: Hollings, Christopher, 1982- . Meeting under the integral sign? : the Oslo Congress of Mathematicians on the eve of the Second World War. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, c2020 360 pages History of mathematics ; volume 44. ISBN 9781470443535

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.

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