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Scripta Mathematica (ISSN 0036-9713) 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] 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,[4] and Hermann Weyl's obituary of Emmy Noether.[5]

References

  1. ^ Ginsburg, J. (1937), "Scripta Mathematica", Science, 86 (2213): 13.
  2. ^ a b "Dinner of the Society of Friends of Scripta Mathematica", Science, 85 (2212): 492–493, 1937.
  3. ^ Boyer, Carl B. (1958), "Jekuthiel Ginsburg (1889–1957)", Isis, 49 (3): 335–336.
  4. ^ Bridgman, P. W. (1934), "A physicists second reaction to Mengenlehre", Scripta Mathematica, 2: 101–117 and 224–234.
  5. ^ 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.