Zurich 1897

D. Albers, G. Alexanderson and Constance Reid
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D. Albers: Menlo College, Math Department
G. Alexanderson: University of Santa Clara, Department of Math

A chapter in International Mathematical Congresses, 1986, pp 4-5 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract On November 17, 1896, Hermann Minkowski, a professor at the Zürich Polytechnikum, or Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, better known today as the ETH, added a postscript to his letter to David Hilbert: “It just occurs to me—for several days we have been meeting in regard to the international mathematical congress.”

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-0299-5_2

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