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AN International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during August 30–September 6, 1950, under the auspices of the American Mathematical Society. It will be open to mathematicians of all national and geographical groups. Harvard University will be the principal host institution. A number of other institutions in Boston will join in the entertainment of Congress visitors. In recent years, mathematicians have been much impressed by the success of the conference method for presenting recent research in fields in which vigorous advances have just been made or are in progress. The 1950 Congress will include conferences in several fields. Following established custom, there will also be a number of invited addresses by outstanding mathematicians. In addition, sectional meetings for the presentation of contributed papers not included in conference programmes will be held in the following fields : I, Algebra and Theory of Numbers ; II, Analysis ; III, Geometry and Topology ; IV, Probability and Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics ; V, Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics ; VI, Logic and Philosophy ; VII, History and Education. The official languages of the Congress will be English, French, German, Italian and Russian. Harvard University has offered the use of its dormitories and dining-rooms for mathematicians and their guests for the period of the Congress, and the Organising Committee hopes that it will be possible to furnish board and room without charge to all mathematicians from outside the North American continent who are members of the Congress. Congress membership fees will be announced well in advance of the opening of the Congress. Every effort will be made to facilitate the travel at reasonable cost of foreign participants while in the United States. Communications about the Congress should be addressed to the American Mathematical Society, 531 West 116th Street, New York City 27, U.S.A.
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International Congress of Mathematicians. Nature 162, 843–844 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162843f0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162843f0