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 Srensen.
Publication Info.
Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [2020]
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.
