Timeline for Notable mathematics during World War II
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| Jul 4, 2022 at 12:40 | history | wiki removed | Stefan Kohl♦ | ||
| Nov 17, 2021 at 10:03 | comment | added | Tom Copeland | The Dachau concentration camp was establlished in 1933, and the extreme duress on academics of Jewish descent in Germany began in 1933 beginning with the passage of discriminatory laws. Read the Wiki bio on Lise Meitner for some history on the laws, their enforcement, and an example of remarkable research done under duress (including gender discrimination). // Perhaps the Scottish Book, compiled in Poland from 1935-41, is an example of notable math done during the war. | |
| Nov 13, 2021 at 13:02 | answer | added | Tom Copeland | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 13, 2021 at 5:10 | answer | added | Bill Vander Lugt | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 30, 2021 at 13:08 | answer | added | Richard Lyons | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 30, 2021 at 10:44 | answer | added | Martin Seysen | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 30, 2021 at 2:21 | answer | added | user44143 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 29, 2021 at 23:01 | answer | added | Gerry Myerson | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 29, 2021 at 21:48 | answer | added | abo | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 29, 2021 at 18:58 | history | edited | Stefan Kohl♦ |
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| Dec 22, 2017 at 6:36 | answer | added | Jules Wei | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 3:33 | comment | added | Steven Landsburg | I once it heard it mentioned, in the presence of Armand Borel, that Leray invented spectral sequences in a prison camp. Borel audibly snorted and said "That was no prison camp. It was a country club." I deeply regret that I did not ask him to elaborate. | |
| Dec 19, 2017 at 17:47 | answer | added | John Coleman | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 9:26 | answer | added | RougeSegwayUser | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 30, 2012 at 0:45 | answer | added | none | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 29, 2012 at 22:16 | answer | added | David Corwin | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 29, 2012 at 19:45 | comment | added | jjcale | Arne Beurling did important work during World War II : He deciphered a german secret teletypewriter, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Beurling . | |
| Aug 29, 2012 at 18:12 | answer | added | kjetil b halvorsen | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 29, 2012 at 17:28 | answer | added | jbc | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 29, 2012 at 14:38 | answer | added | Wolfgang Jeltsch | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 20:16 | answer | added | Alain Valette | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 17:20 | answer | added | Michael Greenblatt | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 6:46 | answer | added | Andrew | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 9, 2011 at 2:54 | answer | added | Watson Ladd | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 10, 2011 at 14:24 | answer | added | Daniel Parry | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 2:12 | answer | added | none | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 7, 2010 at 16:17 | answer | added | Denis Serre | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 24, 2010 at 6:56 | comment | added | Péter Komjáth | My recollection is that Turan's work obtained in forced labor camp (not concentration camp) was on the crossing number on complete bipartite graphs. His description of this is quoted on p 50 of "Geometric graphs and arrangements: some chapters from Combinational geometry" by Stefan Felsner available on books.google.com. Worth reading! | |
| Aug 21, 2010 at 8:18 | answer | added | Jesus Martinez Garcia | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 20, 2010 at 16:14 | answer | added | Michael Thaddeus | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 20, 2010 at 13:47 | answer | added | Stefan Hoffelner | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 20, 2010 at 0:34 | comment | added | Steve Huntsman | More physics than math, but as I recall Krylov did fundamental work in theoretical statistical physics (specifically, he was primarily responsible for highlighting the role of mixing versus entropy) while serving in the Soviet artillery. | |
| Aug 20, 2010 at 0:18 | answer | added | Steve Huntsman | timeline score: 12 | |
| Aug 20, 2010 at 0:14 | answer | added | Andrey Gogolev | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 22:08 | answer | added | J. M. isn't a mathematician | timeline score: 21 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 20:23 | answer | added | user12345678 | timeline score: 26 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 20:12 | answer | added | user1504 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 19:59 | comment | added | darij grinberg | IIRC Turán's theorem on clique-free graphs was devised in a concentration camp. | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 19:57 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by David Hansen | ||
| Aug 19, 2010 at 19:10 | answer | added | Micah Milinovich | timeline score: 28 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 18:44 | answer | added | Greg Kuperberg | timeline score: 40 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 18:39 | answer | added | Rachid Atmai | timeline score: 19 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 18:28 | comment | added | KConrad | Although it is not in the spirit of David's question, there is an article in the Amer. Math. Monthly on the development of applied math (in the USA) in World War II: M. Rees, "The Mathematical Sciences and World War II", 87 (1980), 607--621. A JSTOR link is jstor.org/stable/2320947. | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 17:33 | comment | added | David Hansen | @KConrad: Yes. | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 17:28 | comment | added | KConrad | There was some worthwhile applied mathematics happening at Bletchley Park (Enigma). Do you mean pure math unrelated to the war itself? | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 17:17 | comment | added | stankewicz | While it's not a mathematical achievement as such, it is significant for mathematics that Oberwolfach was founded in 1944. | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 17:05 | answer | added | Micah Milinovich | timeline score: 20 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 17:03 | history | edited | David Hansen | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 19, 2010 at 16:57 | comment | added | David Hansen | I suppose I'm more interested in work done under war conditions, but either would be interesting. | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 16:56 | answer | added | KConrad | timeline score: 22 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 16:56 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | Are you asking specifically about mathematics being done in harsh war conditions, or does the progress done through the war effort also count? | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 16:45 | history | asked | David Hansen | CC BY-SA 2.5 |