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`*`!Scripta Mathematica`!`* was a quarterly journal published by `F33f`_`[Yeshiva University`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Yeshiva_University]`_`f devoted to the `F33f`_`[Philosophy`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Philosophy]`_`f, history, and expository treatment of mathematics.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] It was said to be, at its time, "the only mathematical magazine in the world edited by specialists for laymen."`:cite-ref-dsf-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-dsf-2]`_`f]

The journal was established in 1932 under the editorship of `F33f`_`[Jekuthiel Ginsburg`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jekuthiel_Ginsburg]`_`f, a professor of mathematics at Yeshiva University,`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] and its first issue appeared in 1933`:cite-ref-dsf-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-dsf-2]`_`f] at a subscription price of three dollars per year.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f] It ceased publication in 1973. Notable papers published in `*Scripta Mathematica`* included work by `F33f`_`[Nobelist`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Nobel_Prize]`_`f `F33f`_`[Percy Williams Bridgman`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Percy_Williams_Bridgman]`_`f concerning the implications for `F33f`_`[physics`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Physics]`_`f of `F33f`_`[set-theoretic`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Set_theory]`_`f `F33f`_`[paradoxes`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Paradox]`_`f,`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f] and `F33f`_`[Hermann Weyl`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Hermann_Weyl]`_`f's obituary of `F33f`_`[Emmy Noether`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Emmy_Noether]`_`f.`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f]`:cite-ref-7[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-7]`_`f]

Some sources describe `*Scripta Mathematica`* as having been assigned `F33f`_`[ISSN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISSN_(identifier)]`_`f 0036-9713`:cite-ref-8[`F5bf`_`[8`#cite-note-8]`_`f] but it ceased publication prior to the establishment of the ISSN system.

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f `:citerefginsburg1937`aGinsburg, J. (1937), "Scripta Mathematica", `*Science`*, `!86`! (2218): 13, `F33f`_`[Bibcode`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Bibcode_(identifier)]`_`f:1937Sci....86...13G, `F33f`_`[doi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doi_(identifier)]`_`f:10.1126/science.86.2218.13-a, `F33f`_`[PMID`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=PMID_(identifier)]`_`f 17737911.

`:cite-note-dsf-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-dsf-2-0]`_`f "Dinner of the Society of Friends of Scripta Mathematica", `*Science`*, `!85`! (2212): 492–493, 1937, `F33f`_`[doi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doi_(identifier)]`_`f:10.1126/science.85.2212.492-a.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f `:citerefboyer1958`aBoyer, Carl B. (1958), "Jekuthiel Ginsburg (1889–1957)", `*Isis`*, `!49`! (3): 335–336, `F33f`_`[doi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doi_(identifier)]`_`f:10.1086/348677, `F33f`_`[JSTOR`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JSTOR_(identifier)]`_`f 226941, `F33f`_`[S2CID`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=S2CID_(identifier)]`_`f 144062847.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f `:citerefross1938`aRoss, Harold (July 30, 1938), "Scripta Mathematica", `*The New Yorker`*, p. 7.

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f `:citerefbridgman1934`aBridgman, P. W. (1934), "A physicist's second reaction to Mengenlehre", `*Scripta Mathematica`*, `!2`!: 101–117 and 224–234.

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f `:citerefweyl1935`aWeyl, H. (1935), "Emmy Noether", `*Scripta Mathematica`*, `!3`!: 201–220.

`:cite-note-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-7]`_`f `:citereffurstenberg2005`aFurstenberg, Hillel (Harry) (May 16, 2005), "Inspiring the Love of Mathematics: The Legacy of Jekuthiel Ginsburg at Yeshiva", `*The Commentator`*.

`:cite-note-8`!8.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-8]`_`f WorldCat: Scripta Mathematica.

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