Fields Medalists

D. Albers, G. Alexanderson and Constance Reid
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D. Albers: Menlo College, Math Department
G. Alexanderson: University of Santa Clara, Department of Math

A chapter in International Mathematical Congresses, 1986, pp 46-53 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract J. C. Fields, a professor at the University of Toronto, organized the international congress held in Toronto in 1924 and served as its president. He was so successful in obtaining financial support that the Congress ended with a surplus. This provided the initial funding for the Fields Medals. Later these were further endowed from his estate.

Keywords: Field Medalist; Simple Finite Group; Differential Topology; Initial Funding; Pontrjagin Class (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-0299-5_23

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