Klein, Mittag-Leffler, and the Klein-Poincaré Correspondence of 1881 – 1882

David E. Rowe

A chapter in Amphora, 1992, pp 597-618 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract If a modern-day Plutarch were to set out to write the “Parallel lives„ of some famous modern-day mathematicians, he could hardly do better than to begin with the German, Felix Klein (1849 – 1925), and the Swede, GöSta Mittag-Leffler (1846 – 1927). For while both Klein and Mittag-Leffler led distinguished careers in their own right, the parallels between them are not only numerous, but striking. Both lived in an age ripe with possibilities for the mathematics profession and, like few of their contemporaries, they seized upon such new opportunities whenever and however they arose. Even when their chances for success looked dismal, they forged ahead, winning over the sceptics as they did so.

Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8599-7_27

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