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The birth and youth of Compositio Mathematica: ‘Ce périodique foncièrement international’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2006

Dirk van Dalen  and
Volker R. Remmert
Dirk van Dalen
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80126, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlandsdirk.vandalen@phil.uu.nl
Volker R. Remmert
Affiliation:
Institut für Mathematik, FB 08 – Physik, Mathematik und Informatik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germanyvrr@mathematik.uni-mainz.de
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Abstract

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The journal Compositio Mathematica was founded by Luitzen E. J. Brouwer to counter his dismissal from the Mathematische Annalen in 1928. In spite of the economic crisis, Brouwer succeeded in finding a publisher (Noordhoff), an editorial board and subscribers. The founding took place at the time of the rise of the Third Reich, which caused problems of a political nature. The German editors followed Ludwig Bieberbach in 1934 when he left the board because Brouwer refused to dismiss the Jewish editors. After a period of flourishing, the publication was suspended at the beginning of the occupation of Holland in 1940. The post-war restart of the journal led to a painful conflict between Brouwer and the publisher, which ended with Brouwer's withdrawal from power. After having founded his own journal in the early 1930s, he lost it again some twenty years later.

Keywords

Compositio MathematicaBrouwerhistory of mathematical publishing01A6001A7001A74
Type
Research Article
Information
Compositio Mathematica , Volume 142 , Issue 5 , September 2006 , pp. 1083 - 1102
Copyright
Foundation Compositio Mathematica 2006