1600 Scholars to Attend Congress Of Mathematicians Here in Summer

Sixteen hundred scholars will attend the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held at the University late this summer. Garrett Birkhoff '32, professor of Mathematics, announced yesterday that the conference--the first since 1936--will attract 300 experts from abroad. The congress is the leading international organization of mathematicians.

At the meeting, from August 30 to September 6, 500 papers on technical topics will be offered. Twenty hour-papers will be presented, and 50 shorter once have been invited.

The University was designated ten years ago as the place for the congress by the American Mathematical Society, but the meetings, normally held every four years, were delayed by the war. The United States had previously been designated as the location of the next conference.

The visitors will live in the Yard and one or two to of the Houses, according to Birkhoff. A banquet for the delegates will be held in the Indoor Athletic Building, in addition to a reception in Fogg Museum.

Papers presented at the congress will be divided into seven sections. Among fields to be discussed are mathematical physics, logic and philosophy, geometry and topology, algebra, analysis, and mathematical history.

The 1936 congress was held in Osio, Norway and the 1932 one in Zurich, Switzerland.