A clash of mathematical titans in Austin: Harry S. Vandiver and Robert Lee Moore (1924--1974)

DOI10.1007/BF02986177MaRDI QIDQ1013663zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Leo Corry

Publication date 20 April 2009

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02986177

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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