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International Congress of Mathematicians

International Congress of Mathematicians
StatusActive
GenreMathematics conference
FrequencyQuadrennial
CountryVaries
Years active1897–present
Inaugurated9 August 1897 (1897-08-09)[1]
Founders
Most recent6–14 July 2022
Previous event2022
Next event22–29 July 2026
ActivityActive
Websitemathunion.org/icm

The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU).

The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before 2022 as the Nevanlinna Prize), the Gauss Prize, and the Chern Medal are awarded during the congress's opening ceremony. Each congress is memorialized by a printed set of Proceedings recording academic papers based on invited talks intended to be relevant to current topics of general interest. Being invited to talk at the ICM has been called "the equivalent ... of an induction to a hall of fame".[2]

  1. ^ "The International Congress of Mathematicians". Nature. 56 (1452). Nature Publishing Group: 395. 1897. Bibcode:1897Natur..56Q.395.. doi:10.1038/056395a0.
  2. ^ Castelvecchi, Davide (7 October 2015). "The biggest mystery in mathematics: Shinichi Mochizuki and the impenetrable proof". Nature. 526 (7572): 178–181. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..178C. doi:10.1038/526178a. PMID 26450038. S2CID 4403935.

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