Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem

Details Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem

2007-12-28

arxiv.org/abs/0712.4296v1

Archive for History of Exact Sciences 63 (2009), 33-50

Mathematics

History and Overview

documentclass amsart, 17 pages

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00407-008-0021-2

Two letters from William Burnside have recently been found in the Nachlass of Robert Fricke that contain instances of Burnside's Problem prior to its first publication. We present these letters as a whole to the public for the first time. We draw a picture of these two mathematicians and describe their activities leading to their correspondence. We thus gain an insight into their respective motivations, reactions, and attitudes, which may sharpen the current understanding of professional and social interactions of the mathematical community at the turn of the 20th century.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-508036