First Encounter with Italy

Arild Stubhaug ()
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Arild Stubhaug: University of Oslo, Department of Mathematics

A chapter in Gösta Mittag-Leffler, 2010, pp 249-252 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Mittag-Leffler traveled to the conference of natural scientists in St. Petersburg along with his gifted student, August Ramsay, and Professor Lemström. Mittag-Leffler gave a mathematics speech in French that was received with “thundering applause,” started by Sonya Kovalevsky and Chebyshev. A Russian named Alexander Vasiliev, who had just arrived from Berlin, reported that at a seminar, and with the “highest praise,” Weierstrass had lectured on the work that Mittag-Leffler had sent him, although he had waited so long to publish it. Another Russian just home from Paris recounted how Hermite, during one of his lectures, had spoken of Mittag-Leffler’s “discoveries.” Because of such reports, he was extremely well received by the Russian scientific community. Along with Countess von Born and her charming daughters, Mittag-Leffler was invited to dinner by the general and mineralogist Axel Gadolin; he also visited Minister Due. And he had several conversations with Sonya Kovalevsky about possible positions for her abroad. He thought both the water and the beer were bad, so he drank only wine. Even so, he developed stomach problems and left as soon as he could to seek medical help in Paris.

Keywords: Gifted Student; High Praise; Georg Cantor; Italian Wine; Outstanding Mathematician (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11672-8_26

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