The year 1920 marked pivotal developments in topology, logical formalism, and international mathematical collaboration. This era laid the groundwork for 20th-century breakthroughs in theoretical physics and computer science.
The International Congress of Mathematicians convened in Strasbourg, France, fostering global collaboration and setting strategic priorities for emerging fields like topology and mathematical logic.
David Hilbert advanced his formalist program, advocating for mathematics to be grounded in pure symbolic logic—an approach influencing proof theory and future computational models.
Mathematicians like Luitzen Brouwer and Kazimierz Kuratowski formalized concepts in topology, shaping modern geometry and its applications in physics.