The ''Global Digital Mathematics Library'' (GDML) was a project organized under the auspices of the

International Mathematical Union The International Mathematical Union (IMU) is an international organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of mathematics across the world. It is a member of the International Science Council (ISC) and supports the International ...

(IMU) to establish a

digital library A digital library (also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, a library without walls, or a digital collection) is an online database of digital resources that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital ...

focused on

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

, following on to the idea of a World Digital Mathematical Library proposed to the

in 2006. The GDML was discussed by panels at the 2014 and 2018

International Congress of Mathematicians The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...

, and produced a white paper. Successor projects, the International Mathematical Knowledge Trust and European Knowledge Infrastructure for Mathematics, were initiated in 2016.

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