Fundamenta Mathematicae is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of mathematics with a special focus on the foundations of mathematics, concentrating on set theory, mathematical logic, topology and its interactions with algebra, and dynamical systems. Originally it only covered topology, set theory, and foundations of mathematics: it was the first specialized journal in the field of mathematics.[1][2][3][4] It is published by the Mathematics Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
History
The journal was conceived by Zygmunt Janiszewski as a means to foster mathematical research in Poland.[5] Janiszewski required that, in order to achieve its goal, the journal should not force Polish mathematicians to submit articles written exclusively in Polish, and should be devoted only to a specialized topic in mathematics:[6] as a consequence of these requirements, Fundamenta Mathematicae become the first specialized journal in the field of mathematics.[1][2][3][4]
Despite the fact that Janiszewski gave the impetus for the development of the journal in an article written in 1918,[7] he did not live so long to see the first published issue since he died on 3 January 1920. Wacław Sierpiński and Stefan Mazurkiewicz took over the role of editors-in-chief. The journal was published in Warsaw. Soon after the launch of the publication, the founding editors were joined by Kazimierz Kuratowski, and later by Karol Borsuk.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded,[8] Scopus,[9] and Zentralblatt MATH.[10] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.609.[11]
Notes
(Bradley 2006, p. 33).
(The Editors 1978, p. 3).
(Kuratowski 1980, p. 35).
(Wasilewska 2013, p. 2).
According to Kuratowski (1980, pp. 31–32) and to the introduction to the 100th volume of the journal (1978, pp=1–2). These two sources cite an article written by Janiszewski himself in 1918 and titled "On the needs of Mathematics in Poland".
Kuratowski (1980, pp. 31–32) and The Editors (1978, pp. 1–2) stress the fact that these two requirements represented revolutionary decisions at that time.
(Kuratowski 1980, p. 32), (The Editors 1978, p. 1).
"Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
"Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
"Serials Database". Zentralblatt MATH. Springer Science+Business Media. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
"Fundamenta Mathematicae". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.
References
Bradley, Michael J. (2006), Modern Mathematics: 1900 to 1950, Infobase Publishing, pp. 176, ISBN 0816054266
The Editors (1978), "One Hundred Volumes of "Fundamenta Mathematicae"" (PDF), Fundamenta Mathematicae, 100 (1): 1–8, MR 0485074
Kuratowski, Kazimierz (1980), A Half Century of Polish Mathematics: Remembrances and Reflections, International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 108, Warsaw/Oxford: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN/Pergamon Press, pp. VIII+204, ISBN 83-01-00819-9, MR 0565253, Zbl 0438.01006
Wasilewska, Anita (2013), "Chapter 1. From Logic to Computer Science–A personal Experience", in Skowron, Andrzej (ed.), Rough Sets and Intelligent Systems – Professor Zdzisław Pawlak in Memoriam: Volume 2, Intelligent Systems Reference Library, 43, Berlin–Heidelberg–New York: Springer Verlag, pp. 1–5, ISBN 978-3-642-30341-8
External links
Official website
Online archive: 1920-2000 at Polish Digital Mathematical Library
Fundamenta Mathematicae (1920-2016) at European Digital Mathematics Library
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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