Meeting Under the Integral Sign?(English, Hardcover, Hollings Christopher D.)

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Meeting Under the Integral Sign?(English, Hardcover, Hollings Christopher D.) is written by Hollings Christopher D. and published by American Mathematical Society. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1470443538 (ISBN 10) and 9781470443535 (ISBN 13).

This book examines the historically unique conditions under which the International Congress of Mathematicians took place in Oslo in 1936. This Congress was the only one on this level to be held during the period of the Nazi regime in Germany (1933-1945) and after the wave of emigrations from it. Relying heavily on unpublished archival sources, the authors consider the different goals of the various participants in the Congress, most notably those of the Norwegian organizers, and the Nazi-led German delegation. They also investigate the reasons for the absence of the proposed Soviet and Italian delegations. In addition, aiming to shed light onto the mathematical dimension of the Congress, the authors provide overviews of the nineteen plenary presentations, as well as their planning and development. Biographical information about each of the plenary speakers rounds off the picture. The Oslo Congress, the first at which Fields Medals were awarded, is used as a lens through which the reader of this book can view the state of the art of mathematics in the mid-1930s.