| Title |
Siegel |
| Reference |
28 |
| Creator |
Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896-1981) |
| Covering Dates |
1926–1967 |
| Extent and Medium |
19 letters |
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| Content and context |
Letters from Carl Siegel to LJM. |
| Index Terms |
| Siegel, Carl Ludwig (1896-1981) mathematician |
| St John's Library/Mordell/28 contains: |
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28.1
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A.L.s., in German, from Berlin. 1p. |
24 March 1926 |
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28.2
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. 1p. |
c. 1931 |
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28.3
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. Discusses a mathematical function. 4p. |
12 October 1931 |
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28.4
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. 1p. |
2 December 1931 |
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28.5
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. 1p. |
13 February 1932 |
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28.6
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. Discusses a mathematical problem. 1p. |
31 January 1932 |
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28.7
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. Discusses travel arrangements. 1p. |
20 February 1932 |
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28.8
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. Discusses mathematical problems. 2p. |
24 Janaury 1936 |
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28.9
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A.L.s., in German, from Berlin. Discusses mathematical problems. 6p. |
8 October 1937 |
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28.10
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. Discusses the work of Davenport and Ko. 1p. |
7 November 1937 |
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28.11
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A.L.s., in German, from Frankfurt. Discusses a mathematical theorem. 2p. |
1 March 1938 |
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28.12
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A.L.s., from Princeton. Has been studying LJM's work on homogeneous linear forms. Has been working on a generalized theorem of Poincare, but with little successs. 1p. |
12 January 1941 |
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28.13
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A.L.s., from Princeton. Discusses equations and solutions. Notes the work he has completed recently on analytic functions. 2p. |
30 September 1942 |
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28.14
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A.L.s., from Princeton. Gives thanks for LJM sending a message to Miss Braun. Notes that she will probably not be allowed to Princeton as 'the State Department apparently does not want to bring any Germans to this country' and will therefore return to Gottingen. Needs a letter from the faculty in Gottingen if he is to do this and asks LJM to help. 1p. |
24 February 1946 |
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28.15
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A.L.s., from Gottingen. Was pleased to receive LJM's and Davenport's greetings. Is lecturing in Gottingen and describes the poor conditions. Is pleased to not have seen Hasse. Notes that he is in Gottingen mainly to be with Miss Braun as he is working on a project with her and she cannot get permission to travel to the USA. 2p. |
4 December 1946 |
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28.16
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A.L.s., from Gottingen. Is to visit Cambridge, Manchester and London and asks for help with accommodation. 1p. |
8 December 1951 |
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28.17
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A.L.s., from Gottingen. Agrees with LJM's caustic review of Lang's book ['Diophantine Geometry'], and his view of modern mathematics, especially number theory. 1p. |
3 March 1964 |
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28.18
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A.L.s., from Gottingen. Discuses the work of Heeguer. 1p. |
13 June 1966 |
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28.19
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A.L.s., from Gottingen. Was pleased to see recently a paper written by LJM and dedicated to CS on his 70th birthday in a German mathematical journal. 2p. |
23 May 1967 |