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The 1904 St. Louis Congress and Westward Expansion of American Mathematics (2011)

Zitarelli, David E. (Author)

Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Volume: 58, no. 8
Issue: 8
Pages: 1100-1111

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Congresses, conferences, and meetings Mathematics Universities and colleges 20th century, early Midwestern states (U.S.) United States

The emergence of a professional cadre of mathematicians in the midwestern part of the United States in the 1890s has been well documented. (See Chapter 7 of [1] for details.) One of the primary factors in this development was the Chicago Congress of 1893. A similar transformation took place the next decade centered on the 1904 St. Louis Mathematics Congress (StLMC). This time the AMS played a central role in formulating the mathematics program, as well as in conducting its annual summer meeting in conjunction with the Congress, thus reflecting the growth and consolidation of the American mathematics research community that had occurred in the intervening eleven years. Just as the Chicago Congress signaled the movement of American mathematics to the Midwest, the StLMC extended this expansion to what was then considered the southwestern part of the United States. The StLMC serves as a developmental milestone in the westward expansion of an emerging community of American mathematicians during the years 1900--1910. The advances in both parts of the country were spearheaded by a few key figures from one or two universities. For the StLMC, this meant Washington University and the University of Missouri, whose histories reveal an evolving mission from teaching to teaching plus research. A spinoff of both congresses was the formation of sections within the AMS that permitted individuals in areas distant from New York City to engage actively with others of similar interests.

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