''Scripta Mathematica'' was a quarterly journal published by
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City.["About YU]
on the Yeshiva Universit ...
devoted to the philosophy, history, and expository treatment of mathematics. It was said to be, at its time, "the only mathematical magazine in the world edited by specialists for laymen."
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The journal was established in 1932 under the editorship of
Jekuthiel Ginsburg
Jekuthiel Ginsburg (1889–1957) was a professor of mathematics at Yeshiva University. He established the journal '' Scripta Mathematica''. He also was honored as a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences ...
, a professor of mathematics at Yeshiva University, and its first issue appeared in 1933
at a subscription price of three dollars per year. It ceased publication in 1973. Notable papers published in ''Scripta Mathematica'' included work by
Nobelist Percy Williams Bridgman
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concerning the implications for
physics
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of
set-theoretic
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paradox
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es, and
Hermann Weyl
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's obituary of
Emmy Noether
Amalie Emmy NoetherEmmy is the ''Rufname'', the second of two official given names, intended for daily use. Cf. for example the résumé submitted by Noether to Erlangen University in 1907 (Erlangen University archive, ''Promotionsakt Emmy Noethe ...
.
Some sources describe ''Scripta Mathematica'' as having been assigned
WorldCat: Scripta Mathematica
but it ceased publication prior to the establishment of the ISSN system.
References
Mathematics journals
Publications established in 1932
Publications disestablished in 1973
Defunct journals of the United States
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