Why Van der Waerden and Why Me?

Alexander Soifer
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Alexander Soifer: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden, 2015, pp 5-13 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter discusses the reasons why a book-length biography of Van der Waerden, and portrayal of his friendship with Heisenberg were important. It also describes ways in which my historical scholarly writing differs from tradition.

Keywords: Mathematical Text; Nazi Regime; Ramsey Theory; Algebraic Geometer; Monochromatic Solution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-0712-8_2

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