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unpublished archival sources, the authors consider the different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.
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