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"The geography of the Rendiconti del Circolo

Matematico di Palermo:

local and international aspects "

Cinzia Cerroni

Università di Palermo

Giovan Battista Guccia (Palermo 1855 – 1914)

Some reference dates

1884: The foundation of “Circolo Matematico di Palermo”

1886-88: The “Circolo” has developed as national society of the

mathematicians.

1887: Released the first volume of “Rendiconti del Circolo

Matematico di Palermo”.

1888: New Constitution and New Editorial Board

1891: Henri Poincarè entered to belong to “direttivo” of

Circolo.

1894: Gösta Mittag-Leffler entered to belong to “direttivo” of

Circolo.

The main periods

Three main periods:

1888 – 1904: the Circolo as a national association;

1904 – 1908: the strategy of Guccia for the

internationalization of the Circolo;

1908 – 1914: the great growth.

Members of Circolo Matematico of

Palermo 1884

Residents in Palermo, 22, 81%

Not residents in Palermo, 5, 19%

Total 27

Residents in Palermo 22

Not residents in Palermo 5

1886/1887: The first not – palermitan

members of the Circolo

1886: Eugene Catalan; Giuseppe Battaglini; Valentino

Cerruti; Pasquale Del Pezzo

1887: Thomas Archer Hirst; Ernesto Cesaro; Corrado

Segre; Francesco Brioschi; Luigi Cremona; Enrico

D’Ovidio; Luigi Berzolari; Georges Humbert; Gino Loria;

Giuseppe Peano; Vito Volterra; Enrico Betti

The first period: 1888 - 1904

The members of the editorial board:

1891: Henri Poincaré entered to belong to “direttivo” of

Circolo. (In that way the Rendiconti is the first mathematical

journal with an international editorial board: the Acta’s one

was only inter scandinavian)

1894: Gösta Mittag-Leffler entered to belong to “direttivo”

of Circolo.

1888: New Constitution

Art. 2: [Il Circolo] potrà istituire concorsi a premi e farsi

promotore di congress scientifici nelle varie città del regno.

[Il Circolo] may establish prize competitions and become a

promoter of scientific congress in different cities of the

kingdom.

Art 17: Editorial Board 20 members (five residents and 15

non residents)

Art. 18: elections with a system that guarantees the secrety

of the vote.

1888: New Editorial Board

5 from Palermo: Giuseppe and Michele Albeggiani; Francesco Caldarera; Michele

Gebbia; Giovan Battista Guccia

3 from Pavia: Eugenio Beltrami; Eugenio Bertini; Felice Casorati;

3 from Pisa: Enrico Betti; Riccardo De Paolis; Vito Volterra

2 from Napoli: Giuseppe Battaglini; Pasquale Del Pezzo

2 from Milano: Francesco Brioschi; Giuseppe Jung

2 from Roma: Valentino Cerruti; Luigi Cremona

2 from Torino: Enrico D’Ovidio; Corrado Segre

1 from Bologna: Salvatore Pincherle

A very well distributed arrangement of the best Italian mathematicians!

The most important absence is that of the university of Padova: Giuseppe Veronese

had joined the Circolo in 1888, Gregorio Ricci will never be a member of it

Ulisse Dini and Luigi Bianchi in Pisa will join the Circolo respectively in 1900 and

in 1893.

Members of

Circolo Matematico of Palermo 1888

Residents in Palermo, 46, 45%

Residents in Italy, 50, 49%

Foreigners, 6, 6%Belgium 1

Bohemia 2

France 2

England 1

Total 102

Residents in Palermo 46

Not residents in Palermo 56

Residents in Italy 50

Foreigners 6

Members of Circolo Matematico of

Palermo 1898

Residents in Palermo; 43; 25%

Residents in Italy; 100; 57%

Foreigners; 31; 18%

Total 174

Residents in Palermo 43

Not residents in Palermo 131

Residents in Italy 100

Foreigners 31

Bohemia 2

France 13

Germany 3

Holland 1

Russia 1

Scotland 1

Serbia 1

Spain 2

United States 5

Sveden 1

Switzerland 1

% Foreigners 1998

Bohemia; 2; 6%

France; 13; 42%

Germany; 3; 10%

Holland; 1; 3%

Russia; 1; 3%

Scotland; 1; 3%

Serbia; 1; 3%

Spain; 2; 6%

United States ; 5; 16%

Sveden; 1; 3% Switzerland; 1; 3%

Members of Circolo Matematico of

Palermo 1904

Total 195

Residents in Palermo 31

Not residents in Palermo 164

Residents in Italy 120

Foreigners 44

Residents in Palermo; 31; 16%

Residents in Italy; 120; 61%

Foreigners; 44; 23%

Australia 1

Belgium 1

Bohemia 1

Canada 1

France 16

Germany 4

England and Ireland 1

Mexico 1

Holland 1

Poland 2

Russia 2

Serbia 1

Spain 3

Sveden 2

Switzerland 1

United States 6

% Foreigners 1904

Australia; 1; 2%

Belgium; 1; 2%

Bohemia; 1; 2%

Canada; 1; 2%

France; 16; 36%

Germany; 4; 9%

England and Ireland; 1; 2%

Mexico; 1; 2%

Holland; 1; 2%

Poland; 2; 5%

Russia; 2; 5%

Serbia; 1; 2%

Spain; 3; 7%

United States ; 6; 14%

Sveden; 2; 5%

Switzerland; 1; 2%

The first and the second issue of the

Rendiconti

Some papers by Palermitan scholars and papers by Eugène

Charles Catalan, Thomas Archer Hirst, Pieter Hendrik

Schoute, Corrado Segre (first issue, 1887) and Enrico

Betti, George Henri Halphen, Ernest de Jonquières,

Camille Jordan, Giuseppe Peano, Henri Poincaré, Corrado

Segre, Alexis Starkov, Vito Volterra (second issue, 1888).

Rendiconti of Circolo Matematico

di Palermo

Italy, 22, 92%

Belgium, 1, 4%

England, 1, 4%

Volume 1 1887

Italy, 24, 83%

France, 4, 14%

Ukraine, 1, 3% Volume 2 1888

Italy, 18, 75%

Denmark, 1, 4%

France, 4, 17%

Holland, 1, 4% Volume 3 1889

Italy, 7, 87%

France, 1, 13%

Volume 4 1890 n.1

Italy, 13, 72%

France, 3, 17%

Germany, 1, 5%

United States , 1, 6%

Volume 4 1890 n.2

Italy, 18, 72%

France, 4, 16%

Germany, 1, 4%

Holland, 1, 4%

Russia; 1; 4%

Volume 5 1891

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy, 23, 92%

France, 2, 8%

Volume 6 1892

Italy, 20, 95%

Austria; 1; 5%

Volume 7 1893

Italy, 11, 73%

France, 3, 20%

Holland, 1, 7%

Volume 8 1894

Italy, 14, 74%Austria; 1;

5%

France, 1, 5%

Germany, 1, 5%

United States , 2,

11%

Volume 9 1895

Italy, 15, 88%

France, 1, 6%

Germany, 1, 6%

Volume 10 1896

Italy, 14, 82%

France, 2, 12%

Serbia; 1; 6%

Volume 11 1897

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy, 15, 83%

Austria; 1; 6%

Germany, 2, 11%

Volume 12 1898

Italy, 5, 83%

Austria; 1; 17%

Volume 13 1899 n.1

Italy, 7, 64%

France, 3, 27%

United States , 1,

9%

Volume 13 1899 n. 2

Italy, 15, 75%

France, 1, 5%

Holland, 1, 5%

Serbia; 1; 5%

Sweden, 2, 10%

Volume 14 1900

Italy, 5, 72%

Belgium, 1, 14%

France, 1, 14%

Volume 15 1901 n.1

Italy1

50%

France 150%

Volume 15 1901 n 2

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy, 5, 83%

France, 1, 17%

Volume 16 1902 n.1

Italy, 16, 89%

Belgium, 1, 5%

Russia; 1; 6%

Volume 16 1902 n.2

Italy92%

Serbia; 1; 4%

Czech Repubblic ,

1, 4%

Volume 17 1903 n.1-2

Italy, 20, 83%

Belgium, 1, 4%

France, 2, 9% Greece, 1, 4%

Volume 18 1904 n.1

Rendiconti of Circolo Matematico

di Palermo 1887-1904

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Italians

Foreigners

Rendiconti of Circolo Matematico

di Palermo 1888-1904

Prevalently National

Languages: Italian, English, France,

German

Content: Pure and applied Mathematics

Circulation: Europe, nord, sud, est, ovest,

United States

The preparation and the great

progress. New members

1904: Max Noether

1905: F. Klein, H.G. Zeuthen, W. Osgood, G. Cantor, J. Lüroth, O. Veblen,

G. Darboux, E. Landau, R. Moore

1906: I. Fredholm, E. Borel, M. Fréchet, D. Hilbert, J. Hadamard, J.

Wedderburn,

1907: P. Sylow, P. Duhem, K. Hensel, H. Lebesgue

1908: F. Riesz, M. Dehn, E. Zermelo, H. Weyl, Emmy Noether

1909: A. Hurwitz, H. Bohr, W. Sierpinski

1910: L. Bieberbach, R. Courant, F. Hausdorff, G. H. Hardy, W. Burnside

1911: J. Coolidge, Friedrich Noether

1912: B. Russell, G. Polya

1913: H. Steinhaus, G. D. Birkhoff

1914: S. Lefschetz, A.A. H.Fraenkel

1907: an important lunch

Lunch which was held November3, 1907 at the Restaurant of theHotel Continental, Paris. At thislunch took part (as you seen fromthe manuscript of Guccia): C.Darboux, C. Jordan, H. Poincarè,P. Appel, P. Painlevè, G.Humbert, J. Hadamard, G. Borel,D. Andrè, C. Laisant, G. Fouret,J. Drach, L. Olivier, P. Boutroux,besides Guccia.

This meeting laid the foundationfor the internationalization of theCircolo Matematico di Palermo.

The editorial board till 1909

From Palermo: Giuseppe Albeggiani (from 1888 till his death 1892); Michele Albeggiani

(1888 – 1909); Francesco Caldarera (1888 – 1893); Michele Gebbia (1888 – 1909);

Francesco Gerbaldi (1894 – 1905); Gabriele Torelli (1894 – 1909)

From Italy: Giuseppe Battaglini (Napoli 1888 – 1893); Eugenio Beltrami (Pavia and Roma

1888 – 1890); Eugenio Bertini (Pavia 1888 – 1893); Enrico Betti (Pisa 1888 – 1893); Luigi

Bianchi (Pisa 1897 – 1908); Francesco Brioschi (Milano 1888 – 1896); Alfredo Capelli

(Napoli 1894 – 1908); Felice Casorati (Pavia 1888 – 1890); Valentino Cerruti (Roma 1888

– 1908); Luigi Cremona (Roma 1888 – 1903); Riccardo De Paolis (Pisa 1888 – 1893);

Pasquale Del Pezzo (Napoli 1888 – 1908); Alfonso Del Re (Napoli 1900 – 1908); Ulisse

Dini (Pisa 1900 – 1908); Enrico D’Ovidio (Torino 1888 – 1893 and 1906 – 1908);

Giuseppe Jung (Milano 1888 – 1899); Gino Loria (Genova 1894 – 1908); Giovanni

Maisano (Messina and Palermo 1894 – 1899); Ernesto Pascal (Pavia and Milano 1900 –

1908); Giuseppe Peano (Torino 1894 – 1908); Salvatore Pincherle (Bologna 1888 – 1908);

Corrado Segre (Torino 1888 – 1890); Alberto Tonelli (Roma 1900 – 1908); Vito Volterra

(Pisa, Torino, Roma 1888 – 1908)

From abroad Gösta Mittag Leffler (Stockholm 1894 – 1908); Henri Poincaré (Paris 1891 –

1908)

The cultural policy of Rendiconti after

1904: Opening to the young

“ In any case - and this is one of the most remarkable among the great

and immortal merits of Guccia - he always judged mathematicians

solely from their papers, without worrying about their age, or their

official position; he has helped many beginners - as I was a dozen years

ago - to publish their research in his important journal and to have

confidence in themselves. I came here to thank the Circolo Matematico

– that is Guccia – for the fact that he has created, to many

mathematicians, their position in science” [E. Landau, 14 Aprile 1914]

M. Fréchet, Sur quelques points du calcul fonctionnel, 1906

Introduction axiomatic of metric spaces.

E. Borel, Les probabilités dénombrables et leurs applications

arithmétiques, 1909

The cultural policy of Rendiconti after

1904: Applied Mathematics

Levi – Civita: Sopra un problema di elettrostatica che si è presentato nella

costruzione di cavi, 20, 1905

G. Colonnetti: Sul moto di un liquido in un canale, 32, 1911

“Io spero di poter dare ai Rendiconti maggiore estensione nel campo delle

applicazioni delle matematiche superiori moderne. La memoria di Levi Civita

fu il primo passo verso questo ordine di idee; come un altro importantissimo

lavoro [di Poincaré]che comparirà[…]”

[Guccia a Colonnetti, 24 febbraio 1906]

“I hope to extend the contributions of the Rendiconti in the field of modern

higher applied mathematics, following a continually growing trend. The paper

by Levi Civita was a first step taken in this order of ideas; as well as another

very important paper [of Poincarè]….which will pubblished […]”

The cultural policy of Rendiconti after

1904: The Theory of Relativity

H. Poincaré, Sur la dynamique de l’électron, 21, 1906

M. Abraham, Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper, 28,

1909

M. Abraham, Sull’elettrodinamica di Minkowski, 30, 1910

T. Levi Civita, Nozione di parallelismo su una varietà

qualunque, 42, 1917

A. Palatini, Sui fondamenti del calcolo differenziale

assoluto, 43, 1919

A. Palatini, Deduzione invariantiva delle equazioni

gravitazionali dal principio di Hamilton, 43, 1919

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy; 13; 62%

Belgium; 1; 4%

Denmark; 2; 9%

France; 1; 5%

Germany; 1; 5%

England; 1; 5%

Holland; 1; 5%

Poland; 1; 5%

Volume 19 1905 n.1

Italy, 20, 95%

Belgium, 1, 5%

Volume 20 1905

Italy, 20, 74%

Belgium, 1, 4%

Denmark, 1, 4%

France, 2, 7%

Germany, 1, 4%

England, 2, 7%

Volume 21 1906 n.1

Italy, 16, 67%

Belgium, 1, 4%

France, 3, 12%

Germany, 4, 17%

Volume 22 1906 n,1

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy, 19, 70%

Denmark, 2, 8%

France, 2, 7%

Germany, 4, 15%

Volume 23 1907 n.1

Italy, 15, 60%

France, 2, 8%

Germany, 4, 16%

Greece, 1, 4%

England, 2, 8%United States,

1, 4%

Volume 24 1907 n.1

Italy; 15; 53%

Finland; 1; 3%

France; 2; 7%

Germany; 6; 21%

Greece; 1; 4%

United States; 1; 4%

Romania; 1; 4%

Sweden; 1; 4%

Volume 25 1908 n.1

Italy, 8, 42%

Belgium, 1, 6%

France, 3, 16%

Germany, 4, 21%

England, 1, 5%

Hungary, 1, 5%

CzechRepubblic , 1,

5%

Volume 26 1908 n.1

Rendiconti of Circolo Matematico

di Palermo 1905-1908

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10

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Volume 191905 n. 1

Volume 201905 n.1

Volume 211906 n.1

Volume 221906 n.1

Volume 231907 n.1

Volume 241907 n.1

Volume 251908 n.1

Volume 261908 n.1

Italiani

Stranieri

Rendiconti of Circolo Matematico

di Palermo 1905-1908

Internationals Growth

Languages: Italian, English, France,

German

Content: Pure ad Applied Mathematics

Circulation: Europe, nord, sud, est, ovest,

United States

Exchanges of Circolo Matematico di Palermo

A bitter disappointment«Quant au Congrès de Rome, ainsi que vous l’avez pu remarquer sur la place,

notre Société c’est effacée dès que dans la Séance d’inauguration l’Académie des Lincei

a fait annoncer par son President qu’elle prenait la direction du Congrès. Cette

circonstance, aussi imprévue que bizarre, étant en désaccord avec les circulaires

précédents, a un peu étonné le public. Il fallait donc, sans faire du bruit, sauvegarder la

dignité de notre grande association internationale … qui jouit, à tous les points de vue,

d’une grande indépendance, et à laquelle appartiennent les plus illustres et célèbres

mathématiciens du monde entier. Je ne crois pas donc avoir mal agi, dans ma qualité de

délégué du Circolo au Congrès, en résiliant, sous un prétexte avouable et vraisemblable

… nos accords avec le Comité d’organisation … La seule chose qui m’est vraiment

pénible dans cette affaire, c’est que, parmi les membres du Comité “organisateur” (le

seul responsable vis-àvis du public) il y avait trois membres du Conseil de Direction du

Circolo, qui sont de mes bons et excellents amis, mais qui, dans la circonstance, ont

oublié tout à fait notre Société! Entre l’Accademia dei Lincei, illustre et célèbre qui

s’occupe de tout, même du fromage «Gorgonzola» et notre modeste société qui ne

s’occupe d’autre que des mathématiques le choix n’était pas douteux pour eux: ils se

sont tournés vers l’Académie, pour accroître sa gloire à l’occasion du Congrès.»

[Guccia a Mittag-Leffler 12 luglio 1908]

Regarding the Congress of Rome, as you may have noticed, our Society has

been troubled because, during the inaugural session, the President of the Accademia

dei Lincei announced that it had undertaken the organization of the Congress. This

fact, unexpected and strange, contradicted the previous circular letters and amazed

the audience. It was necessary, without any fuss, to safeguard the dignity of our great

international association…which is, from every point of view, greatly autonomous,

and which has among, its members the most famous and illustrious mathematicians

in the world. I don’t think that I have done anything wrong, in my capacity as

representative of the Circolo at the Congress, in recinding, advancing a likely

excuse,…our agreements with the organizational Committee…The only thing that I

find really painful in this affair is that among the members of the the organizational

Committee…there were three members of the Circolo’s editorial board, who are my

good friends, but who on this occasion completely forgot our Society! Between the

Accademia dei Lincei (renowned and famous) which is interested in everything, even

Gorgonzola cheese, and our modest Society which is interested only in mathematics,

they had no doubt: they sided with the Accademia, to advance its reputation on the

occasion of the Congress.

The answer: the “direttivo” of 1909

Even more internationalization

From Palermo: G. B. Guccia, E. Ovazza, G. Scorza, M. Gebbia

Italian 15: G. Bagnera (Palermo), M. De Franchis (Catania), C.

Segre e C. Somigliana (Torino), G. Loria (Genova), G. Vivanti

(Pavia), T. Levi-Civita e F. Severi (Padova), F. Enriques e S.

Pincherle (Bologna), E. Bertini, L. Bianchi e U. Dini (Pisa), R.

Marcolongo ed E. Pascal (Napoli)

French 5: È. Borel, J. Hadamard, G. Humbert, È. Picard e H.

Poincaré (Paris)

German 6: D. Hilbert, E. Landau e F. Klein (Göttingen), C.

Caratheodory (Hannover), M. Noether (Erlangen), P. Stæckel

(Karlsruhe)

English 2: A. R. Forsyth (Cambridge) e A. Love (Oxford)

Austria-Hungary 3: L. Fejer (Koloszovar), F. Mertens e W.

Wirtinger (Vienna)

U.S.A. 2: E. H. Moore (Chicago) e W. Osgood (Cambridge-

Mass)

Russian 2: A. Liapunov e A. Steklov (S. Pietroburgo)

Sweden 2: E. I. Fredholm e G. Mittag-Leffler (Stoccolma)

Greece 1: Stéphanos (Atene)

Belgium 1: C. J. de la Vallée Poussin (Lovanio)

Denmark 1: H. G. Zeuthen (Copenhagen)

The answer: the “direttivo” of 1909

Even more internationalization

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy, 3, 22%

Algeria; 1; 7%

France, 2, 14%

Germany, 7, 50%

Greece, 1, 7%

Volume 27 1909 n.1

Italy, 13, 59%Germany, 4, 18%

Greece, 1, 4%

United States , 1, 5%

Romania; 2; 9%Sweden, 1, 5%

Volume 28 1909 n.1

Italy; 7; 31%

Austria; 1; 5%

Belgium; 1; 5%

Denmark; 1; 4%France; 3; 13%

Germany; 5; 22%

England; 1; 4%

Polland; 1; 4%

Scotland; 1; 4%

Romania; 1; 4%

Switzerland; 1; 4% Volume 29 1910 n.1

Italy50%

Austria4%

Belgium4%

France9%

Germany9%

England4%

Montenegro5%

Hungary5% Sweden

5%

Switzerland5%

Volume 30 1910 n.1

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy, 10, 53%

Austria; 1; 5%

Belgium, 1, 5%

Denmark, 1, 5%

France, 2, 11%

Germany, 2, 11%

Russia; 2; 11%

Volume 31 1911 n.1

Italy30%

Austria4%Belgium

4%China

4%Denmark4%

France4%

Germania30%

Greece7%

Polland4%

United States

4% Romania4%

Russia4%

Volume 32 1910 n.1

Italy, 15, 54%

Austria; 1; 4%

Francia; 5; 18%

Germany, 2, 7%

Ukraine, 1, 4%

Romania; 2; 7%

Sweden, 1, 4%

Switzerland, 1, 4%

Volume 33 1912 n.1

Italy, 7, 33%

Belgio; 1; 5%

Francia; 1; 5%

Germany, 5, 24%

Japan, 1, 5%

England, 1, 5%

United States , 2, 10%

Hungary, 2, 10%

Russia; 1; 5%

Volume 34 1912 n.1

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy38%

Austria3%Belgio

3%France

3%

Germany17%

Greece3%

England3%

Polland3%

United States14%

Romania7%

Sweden3%

Volume 35 1913 n.1

Italy; 18; 50%

Belgium; 1; 3%Denmark; 1; 3%

France; 3; 8%

Germany; 1; 3%

England; 1; 3%

United States; 3; 8%

Ukraine; 2; 6%

Hungary; 2; 6%

Czech Repubblic ; 3;

8% Russia; 1; 3%

Volume 36 1913 n.1

Italy; 11; 42%

Austria; 1; 4%Denmark; 2; 8%

France; 2; 8%

Germany; 3; 12%

Latvia; 1; 4%

Portugal; 1; 4%

United States; 2;

8%

Hungary; 1; 4%

Czech Repubblic ; 1;

4%

Russia; 1; 4%

Volume 37 1914 n.1

Italy; 8; 36%

Austria; 1; 5%

Denmark; 1; 5%

Germany; 5; 23%

United States; 4;

18%

Hungary; 1; 5%

Sweden; 1; 5%

Switzerland; 1; 5% Volume 38 1914 n.1

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Italians

Foreigners

Rendiconti of Circolo Matematico

di Palermo 1909-1914

Completely Internationals

Languages; Italian, English, France,

German

Content: Pure ad Applied Mathematics

Circulation: Europe, nord, sud, est, ovest,

United States

Members of Circolo Matematico di

Palermo 1914

Residents in Palermo, 72, 8%

Residents in Italy, 234, 25%

Foreigners, 618, 67%

Total 924

Residents in Palermo 72

Not residents in Palermo 852

Residents in Italy 234

Foreigners 618

% Foreigners 1914

Argentine; 8; 1%

Australia; 1; 0%

Austria-Hungary; 77; 12%

Belgium; 12; 2%

Canada; 1; 0%

Denmark; 12; 2%

Egypt; 3; 0%

France; 67; 11%

Germany; 140; 23%

Japan; 4; 1%

Greece; 6; 1%

India; 4; 1%

England and Ireland; 29; 5%

Mexico; 2; 0%Norway; 3; 0%

New Zeland; 1; 0%

Holland; 6; 1%

Portugal; 5; 1%

Romania; 6; 1%

Russia; 44; 7%

Serbia; 3; 0%

Spain; 11; 2%

United States ; 140; 23%

Sveden; 21; 3%

Switzerland; 12; 2%

Comparison between the principal

mathematical associations (1914)

Circolo matematico di Palermo 924

Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung 769

American Mathematical Society 703

London Mathematical Society 320

Société Mathématique de France 298

From the Archive: strategy of

pubblication

Members of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo 1928

Residents in Palermo; 79; 14%

Residents in Italy; 140; 24%

Foreigners; 356; 62%

Total 575

Residents in Palermo 79

Not residents in Palermo 496

Residents in Italy 140

Foreigners 356

% Foreigners 1928Argentina ; 1; 0%

Australia; 1; 0%

Brazil ; 1; 0%

Egypt; 1; 0%

Finland; 1; 0%

Yugoslavia; 1; 0%

New Zeeland; 1; 0%

Palestine ; 1; 0%

South Africa; 1; 0%

Germany; 65; 24%

France; 41; 15%

Soviet Union; 21; 8%

Great Britain ; 17; 6%

Hungary; 15; 6%

Poland; 13; 5%

Switzerland ; 13; 5%

Sweden; 9; 3%

Japan; 8; 3%

Holland; 8; 3%

Spain; 8; 3%

Belgium; 6; 2%

Czechoslovakia; 6; 2%

Denmark ; 6; 2%

Romania; 6; 2%

Austria; 5; 2%

Greece; 4; 1% India; 4; 1%

Portugal ; 4; 1%

Canada ; 2; 1%

Norway ; 2; 1%

Rendiconti of Circolo

Matematico di Palermo

Italy82%

France4%

Russia4%

Czech Repubblic

5%5%

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Italy; 9; 64%

France; 3; 22%

Russia; 1; 7%

Czech Repubblic; 1;

7%

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Conclusions

The analysis, amongs others, clearly shows the close

relationship between Guccia's strategy regarding

Circolo Matematico di Palermo and the editorial

strategy of the Rendiconti. Infact, as the

internationalization of the Circolo Matematico di

Palermo grows, the Rendiconti became a completely

international journal, to such an extent that they

contain more articles of foreigners than Italians.