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We give a short biographical sketch of Karl Weierstrass.
This is a write-up of introductory remarks that I made at the UIC conference in honor of Lawrence Ein's 60th birthday. It presents an informal survey of some of Ein's work, interspersed with stories and reminiscences.
Biographical essay at the occasion of the first death anniversary of Manfred Bonitz
This is an English translation of Nikolai Chebotaryov's paper "Die Probleme der modernen Galoisschen Theorie" from 1932. An excerpt from this paper was given as a lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Z\"urich in 1932.…
A short biography of Hans Bethe.
This paper appeals to the figure of \'Evariste Galois for investigating the gates between mathematics and their "publics." The figure of Galois draws some lines of/within mathematics for/from the outside of mathematics and these lines in…
This paper collects many results on galoisian ideals and Galois theory.
This article was written on the occasion of Hans Grauert receiving the Cantor Medallion of the Deutsche Mathematische Vereinigung. It is a brief overview of his mathematical contributions and attempts to convey the author's great respect…
Academic biography of Karl Weierstrass, his basic works, influence of his doctrine on the development of mathematics.
This is a short overview of the influence of mathematicians and their ideas on the creative contribution of Mikhailo Lomonosov on the occasion of the tercentenary of his birth.
This is a brief account of the life and work of G\"oran Lindblad.
This article is an overview of 100 years of testing general relativity, to be published in the book General Relativity and Gravitation: A Centennial Perspective, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of general relativity. It is effectively…
This paper aims to provide an overview of recent researches studies on Camille Jordan's early works (1860-1870). We especially shed new light on the relation between Galois and Jordan by discussing the collective dimensions of Jordan's…
About Conway's surreal numbers: A letter to a friend (written in French). In memoriam John Horton Conway.
We review the life and remarkable contributions to Physics of Gregor Wentzel.
Gerhard Hochschild's contribution to the development of mathematics in the XX century is succinctly surveyed. We start with a personal and mathematical biography, and then consider with certain detail his contributions to algebraic groups…
Recollections of the Austrian geometer Heinrich Brauner (in German).
In this paper I shall try to sketch some typical aspects of Erich Lehmann's contributions to statistics through his research, his teaching, his service to the profession and his personality.
The talk presents the main lines of biography of the prominent physicist and bright personality. Also given is a necessarily brief description of Gribov's scientific work.
We report on the life and work of F. Wiener, whom we confused with N. Wiener in a previous article.