Concerning the Limits of a Measure of Skewness
Mathematicians from 37 countries to the number of approximately 650 together with 250 members of their families assembled in Zurich, Switzerland, for the Congress held September 4-12. As would be expected, the largest delegation of participants was from Switzerland (140), followed in order by Germany (111), France (68), United States and Canada (68), Italy (63), and Great Britain (38). The total attendance from this country and Canada, including members of the families of the active participants, was 104. Harvard and Brown had the largest delegations, there being four mathematicians from each. Among those who attended were the following 68 mathematicians :