International Congress of Mathematicians
largest conference for the topic of mathematics
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for mathematics.[1][2][3] It meets once every four years. The organizer is the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
| International Congress of Mathematicians | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Mathematics conference |
| Frequency | Quadrennial |
| Years active | 1897–present |
| Inaugurated | August 1897 |
| Founder | Felix Klein & Georg Cantor |
| Website | |
| www | |
List of Congresses
changePrior to the 1897 Congress, it came the International Mathematical Congress.
| Year | City | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Philadelphia |  United States
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| 2022 | Helsinki | Online event[note 1] |
| 2018 | Rio de Janeiro |  Brazil
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| 2014 | Seoul |  South Korea
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| 2010 | Hyderabad |  India
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| 2006 | Madrid |  Spain
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| 2002 | Beijing |  China
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| 1998 | Berlin |  Germany
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| 1994 | Zürich |  Switzerland
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| 1990 | Kyoto |  Japan
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| 1986 | Berkeley |  United States
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| 1982 (met during 1983) | Warsaw |  Poland
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| 1978 | Helsinki |  Finland
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| 1974 | Vancouver |  Canada
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| 1970 | Nice |  France
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| 1966 | Moscow |  Soviet Union
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| 1962 | Stockholm |  Sweden
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| 1958 | Edinburgh |  United Kingdom
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| 1954 | Amsterdam |  Netherlands
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| 1950 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | United States
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| 1936 | Oslo |  Norway
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| 1932 | Zürich | Switzerland
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| 1928 | Bologna |  Italy
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| 1924 | Toronto |  Canada
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| 1920 | Strasbourg | France
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| 1912 | Cambridge | United Kingdom
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| 1908 | Rome | Italy
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| 1904 | Heidelberg |  German Empire
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| 1900 | Paris | France
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| 1897 | Zürich | Switzerland
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Notes
change- ↑ Originally planned to be in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but was moved online following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The IMU General Assembly took place in Helsinki, Finland, in early July, 2022. [4]
References
change- ↑ G. Curbera. ICM through history. Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society, no. 63, March 2007, pp. 16-21.
- ↑ Olli Lehto. Mathematics without borders: a history of the International Mathematical Union. Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-98358-9.
- ↑ Guillermo Curbera. Mathematicians of the World, Unite!: The International Congress of Mathematicians: A Human Endeavor AK Peters, 2009. ISBN 1-56881-330-9.
- ↑ "Decision of the Executive Committee of the IMU on the upcoming ICM 2022 and IMU General Assembly" (PDF).
Further reading
change- Donald J. Albers, Gerald L. Alexanderson, Constance Reid. International Mathematical Congresses: An Illustrated History, 1893-1986, Springer-Verlag, 1986. ISBN 0-387-96409-6
- Yousef Alavi, Peter Hilton and Jean Pedersen. "Let's Meet at the Congress" American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 93, No. 1 (Jan., 1986), pp. 3–8
Other websites
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