''Compositio Mathematica'' is a monthly

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mathematics journal established by L.E.J. Brouwer in 1935. It is owned by the Foundation Compositio Mathematica, and since 2004 it has been published on behalf of the Foundation by the

London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical S ...

in partnership with

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020 2-year

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of 1.456 and a 2020 5-year impact factor of 1.696. The

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are Jochen Heinloth, Bruno Klingler, Lenny Taelman, and Éric Vasserot.

Early history

The journal was established by L. E. J. Brouwer in response to his dismissal from ''

Mathematische Annalen ''Mathematische Annalen'' (abbreviated as ''Math. Ann.'' or, formerly, ''Math. Annal.'') is a German mathematical research journal founded in 1868 by Alfred Clebsch and Carl Neumann. Subsequent managing editors were Felix Klein, David Hilbert, ...

'' in 1928. An announcement of the new journal was made in a 1934 issue of the ''

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''. In 1940 the publication of the journal was suspended due to the German occupation of the Netherlands.

References

External links

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Online archive (1935-1996)
{{Mathematics in the United Kingdom Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United Kingdom Cambridge University Press academic journals Bimonthly journals English-language journals Mathematics education in the United Kingdom Mathematics journals Publications established in 1935 London Mathematical Society