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Mathematics Without Borders

A History of the International Mathematical Union

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  1. Olli Lehto

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  • The story is an engaging one for anyone involved in mathematics, as the aftermaths of the First and Second World Wars and the repercussions of the Cold War are inseparably entangled with the history of the IMU.

  • This is the official history of the IMU, undertaken at the express wish of the Unions Executive Committee.

  • Based on official documents and minutes of the Union.

  • This book contains much information that was previously only available in scattered resources.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Prologue to the History of the IMU

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Old IMU (1920-1932)

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 23-60

  5. Foundation of the New IMU (1945-1951)

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 73-90

  6. The IMU Takes Shape (1952-1954)

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 91-119

  7. Expansion of the IMU (1955-1958)

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 121-137

  9. Consolidation of the IMU (1963-1970)

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 161-176

  12. The IMU and Related Organizations

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 251-282

  13. The IMU in a Changing World (1986-1990)

    • Olli Lehto
    Pages 283-304

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 305-399
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About this book

At its meeting in April 1990 at the University of Cambridge, the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) decided that the largely unorganized archives of the Union should be properly arranged and catalogued. Simultaneously, the Executive Committee expressed the wish that a history of the Union should be written [1). As Secretary of the Union, I had proposed that these issues be dis­ cussed at the Cambridge meeting, but without having had in mind any personal role in the practical execution of such projects. At that time, the papers of the IMU were stored in Zurich, at the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, and I saw no reason why they could not remain there. At about this time, Professor K. Chandrasekharan produced a handwritten article titled "The Prehistory of the International Mathematical Union" [2), and it seemed to me that this might serve as the beginning of a more compre­ hensive history. I had first thought that Tuulikki MakeUiinen, who during eight years as the Office Secretary ofthe IMU had become well acquainted with the Union, would do the arranging of the archives in Zurich. She had a preliminary look at the material there, but it soon became clear that the amount of work required to bring order to it was too great to be accomplished in a few short visits from Helsinki. The total volume of material was formidable.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Olli Lehto

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mathematics Without Borders

  • Book Subtitle: A History of the International Mathematical Union

  • Authors: Olli Lehto

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0613-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98358-5Published: 19 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6840-6Published: 30 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0613-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 399

  • Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences

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