Framing Global Mathematics: The International Mathematical Union Between Theorems And Politics - 9783030956820
Springer
ISBN13:
9783030956820
$66.64
This open access book is about the shaping of international relations in mathematics over the last two hundred years. It focusses on institutions and organizations that were created to frame the international dimension of mathematical research. Today, countless international meetings and the worldwide tool ArXiv are striking evidence of globalized mathematics. The text follows the sinuous path to this present state over two centuries. International cooperation in mathematics was well established, centered in Europe, by 1900. The first International Mathematical Union, IMU, founded in 1920 and disbanded in 1932, reflected above all the trauma of WW I. Since 1950 the current IMU has played an increasing role in defining mathematical excellence, as is shown both in the historical narrative and by analyzing data about the International Congresses of Mathematicians. For each of the three periods discussed, interactions are explored between world politics, the advancement of scientific infrastructures, and the inner evolution of mathematics. Readers will thus take a new look at the place of mathematics in world culture, and how international organizations can make a difference.
- | Author: Norbert Schappacher
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 404 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Mathematics
- | ISBN-10: 3030956822
- | ISBN-13: 9783030956820
- Author:
- Norbert Schappacher
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Publication Date:
- Oct 05, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 404 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover/Mathematics
- ISBN-10:
- 3030956822
- ISBN-13:
- 9783030956820