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Re: Uniqueness and Sin ( x )
Posted:
May 24, 2000 12:10 PM
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Bieberbach was an outspoken Nazi.
I once saw a picture of him in a black outfit with swastikas.
-Jerry
At 9:10 AM -0700 5/24/00, Geoff H wrote:
>Tim,
>
>How interesting! Is this story part of an oral tradition or did you read
>it
>somewhere? I've checked out Landau's bio at
>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Landau.html
>and while there's no explicit mention of Bieberbach, the same collection
>of bios
>describes B. as anti-Semitic. Was he part of the National Socialist mob
>that forced Landau out? Seems to fit.
>
>Conjecture: Mathematicians who are extremely conformal are extremely
>anal.
>er, whatever that might mean.
>
>Cheers and best wishes for a fruitful summer,
>
>Geoff
>
>
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