Scripta Mathematica

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Scripta Mathematica was a quarterly journal published by Yeshiva University devoted to the philosophy, history, and expository treatment of mathematics.[1] It was said to be, at its time, "the only mathematical magazine in the world edited by specialists for laymen."[2]

The journal was established in 1932 under the editorship of Jekuthiel Ginsburg, a professor of mathematics at Yeshiva University,[3] and its first issue appeared in 1933[2] at a subscription price of three dollars per year.[4] It ceased publication in 1973. Notable papers published in Scripta Mathematica included work by Nobelist Percy Williams Bridgman concerning the implications for physics of set-theoretic paradoxes,[5] and Hermann Weyl's obituary of Emmy Noether.[6][7]

Some sources describe Scripta Mathematica as having been assigned ISSN 0036-9713[8] but it ceased publication prior to the establishment of the ISSN system.

References

  1. Ginsburg, J. (1937), "Scripta Mathematica", Science 86 (2218): 13–13, doi:10.1126/science.86.2218.13-a, PMID 17737911 .
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Dinner of the Society of Friends of Scripta Mathematica", Science 85 (2212), 1937: 492–493, doi:10.1126/science.85.2212.492-a .
  3. Boyer, Carl B. (1958), "Jekuthiel Ginsburg (1889–1957)", Isis 49 (3): 335–336, doi:10.1086/348677, JSTOR 226941 .
  4. Ross, Harold (July 30, 1938), "Scripta Mathematica", The New Yorker: 7 .
  5. Bridgman, P. W. (1934), "A physicist's second reaction to Mengenlehre", Scripta Mathematica 2: 101–117 and 224–234 .
  6. Weyl, H. (1935), "Emmy Noether", Scripta Mathematica 3: 201–220 .
  7. Furstenberg, Hillel (Harry) (May 16, 2005), "Inspiring the Love of Mathematics: The Legacy of Jekuthiel Ginsburg at Yeshiva", The Commentator: Official Newspaper of Yeshiva College and the Sy Syms School of Business .
  8. WorldCat: Scripta Mathematica.


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