International Congress of Mathematicians

The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for mathematics.[1][2][3] It meets once every four years. The organizer is the International Mathematical Union (IMU).

International Congress of Mathematicians
StatusActive
GenreMathematics conference
FrequencyQuadrennial
Years active1897–present
InauguratedAugust 1897 (1897-08)
FounderFelix Klein & Georg Cantor
Website
www.mathunion.org/activities/icm/

List of Congresses

Prior to the 1897 Congress, it came the International Mathematical Congress.

Year City Country
2026 Philadelphia United States
2022HelsinkiOnline event[note 1]
2018Rio de Janeiro Brazil
2014Seoul South Korea
2010Hyderabad India
2006Madrid Spain
2002Beijing China
1998Berlin Germany
1994Zürich Switzerland
1990Kyoto Japan
1986Berkeley United States
1982 (met during 1983)Warsaw Poland
1978Helsinki Finland
1974Vancouver Canada
1970Nice France
1966Moscow Soviet Union
1962Stockholm Sweden
1958Edinburgh United Kingdom
1954Amsterdam Netherlands
1950Cambridge, Massachusetts United States
1936Oslo Norway
1932Zürich Switzerland
1928Bologna Italy
1924Toronto Canada
1920Strasbourg France
1912Cambridge United Kingdom
1908Rome Italy
1904Heidelberg German Empire
1900Paris France
1897Zürich Switzerland

Notes
  1. Originally planned to be in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but was moved online following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The IMU General Assembly took place in Helsinki, Finland, in early July, 2022. [4]

References
  1. G. Curbera. ICM through history. Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society, no. 63, March 2007, pp. 16-21.
  2. Olli Lehto. Mathematics without borders: a history of the International Mathematical Union. Springer-Verlag, 1998. ISBN 0-387-98358-9.
  3. Guillermo Curbera. Mathematicians of the World, Unite!: The International Congress of Mathematicians: A Human Endeavor AK Peters, 2009. ISBN 1-56881-330-9.
  4. "Decision of the Executive Committee of the IMU on the upcoming ICM 2022 and IMU General Assembly" (PDF).

Further reading
  • Donald J. Albers, Gerald L. Alexanderson, Constance Reid. International Mathematical Congresses: An Illustrated History, 1893-1986, Springer-Verlag, 1986. ISBN 0-387-96409-6
  • Yousef Alavi, Peter Hilton and Jean Pedersen. "Let's Meet at the Congress" American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 93, No. 1 (Jan., 1986), pp. 3–8

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