The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the biggest congress in mathematics. It is held once in four years under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mathematics Inter. ... The International Mathematical Union is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of mathematics. ...

The 1998 congress was attended by 3,346 participants. The program consisted of 21 one-hour plenary lectures and 169 45-minute invited lectures in specialized sections given by distinguished mathematicians selected by the organizers of the congress. In addition, every participant can present his work in a short 15-minute talk or poster.

During the congress, the main mathematics awards (Fields Medals and the Nevanlinna Prize) are awarded. At the 1900 congress in Paris, France, David Hilbert announced his famous list of 23 open problems in mathematics (now called Hilbert's problems). The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians (not over forty years of age) at each International Congress of International Mathematical Union, since 1936 and regularly since 1948 at the initiative of the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. ... The Nevanlinna Prize is a prize for major contributions to mathematical aspects of computer science. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... David Hilbert I was dreaming about a colony of spiders that lived behind a chair in my living room. ... Hilberts problems are a list of 23 problems in mathematics put forth by German mathematician David Hilbert at the Paris conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900. ...

List of congresses

• 2006 (to be held): Madrid, Spain
• 2002: Beijing, China
• 1998: Berlin, Germany
• 1994: Zürich, Switzerland
• 1990: Kyoto, Japan
• 1986: Berkeley, California, United States
• 1982 (held in 1983): Warszawa, Poland
• 1978: Helsinki, Finland
• 1974: Vancouver, Canada
• 1970: Nice, France
• 1966: Moscow, Soviet Union
• 1962: Stockholm, Sweden
• 1958: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• 1954: Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1950: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
• 1936: Oslo, Norway
• 1932: Zürich, Switzerland
• 1928: Bologna, Italy
• 1924: Toronto, Canada
• 1920: Strasbourg, France
• 1912: Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 1908: Rome, Italy- Felix Klein was a chairman.
• 1904: Heidelberg, Germany
• 1900: Paris, France
• 1897: Zürich, Switzerland

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External links

• International Mathematic Union's page on ICM
• ICM 2006