TITLE

Will mathematics survive? Report on the Zurich congress

AUTHOR(S)

Arnold, V.I.

PUB. DATE

June 1995

SOURCE

Mathematical Intelligencer;Summer95, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p6

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

Opinion. Focuses on the 1994 International Congress of Mathematicians. Registered participants; Names of mathematicians honored at the congress; Topics discussed; General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union.

ACCESSION #

9509141605

 

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