Lusitania, a legendary school (Q2866492)

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    Lusitania, a legendary school
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6238313

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      13 December 2013
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      Nikolai Luzin
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      Dimitri Egorov
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      Luzitania
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      Lusitania
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      Moscow University
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      Lusitania, a legendary school (English)
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      This article is a selection reprinted from the authors' book [Au nom de l'infini. Une histoire vraie de mysticisme religieux et de création mathématique. Paris: Pour la Science (2010; Zbl 1206.01036); English original: Naming infinity. A true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity. London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2009; Zbl 1178.01025)]. The excerpt deals with Nikolai Luzin and the circle of Moscow University mathematics students that formed around him and Dimitri Egorov in the 1920s.
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