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Opposition to the Boycott of German Mathematics in the Early 1920s: Letters by Edmund Landau (1877–1938) and Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879–1964)
[Opposition au boycott des mathématiques allemandes dans les années 20 : lettres d’Edmund Landau (1877–1938) et d’Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879–1964)]
Revue d'histoire des mathématiques, Tome 17 (2011) no. 1, pp. 139-165

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This paper, through the publication of two of their letters, sheds light on the political positions of two influential mathematicians of the first half of the 20th century, the German Edmund Landau and the American Edwin Bidwell Wilson. It provides substantial evidence for the widespread rejection of the political boycott of German mathematics not only by the Germans but also by the community of American mathematicians in the early 1920s.

Deux parmi les quelques lettres publiées ici : l’une du mathématicien allemand Edmund Landau, l’autre du mathématicien américain Edwin Bidwell Wilson, donnent des éclaircissements sur les positions politiques de leurs auteurs par rapport au boycott de la science allemande du début des années 1920. Elles documentent le refus croissant de ce boycott, non seulement de la part des Allemands, mais aussi de la part de la communauté mathématique aux États-Unis.

DOI : 10.24033/rhm.159
Keywords: International Congresses of Mathematicians after World War I, Boycott of German mathematics, International Mathematical Union 
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Siegmund-Schultze, Reinhard. Opposition to the Boycott of German Mathematics in the Early 1920s: Letters by Edmund Landau (1877–1938) and Edwin Bidwell Wilson (1879–1964). Revue d'histoire des mathématiques, Tome 17 (2011) no. 1, pp. 139-165. doi: 10.24033/rhm.159

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