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Integration by Parts: Wordplay, Abuses of Language, and Modern Mathematical Theory on the Move

Michael J. Barany
Journal: Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2018) 48 (3): 259–299.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2018.48.3.259
Published: 01 June 2018
...Michael J. Barany This paper accounts for the intercontinental elaboration of French mathematician Laurent Schwartz’s theory of distributions in the years immediately following World War II by tracing how mathematicians explained the theory to each other, advanced new interpretations...
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Fellow Travelers and Traveling Fellows: The Intercontinental Shaping of Modern Mathematics in Mid-Twentieth Century Latin America

Michael J. Barany
Journal: Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2016) 46 (5): 669–709.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2016.46.5.669
Published: 01 November 2016
... American mathematics mathematical institutions UNESCO Rockefeller Foundation theory of distributions MICHAEL J. BARANY* Fellow Travelers and Traveling Fellows: The Intercontinental Shaping of Modern Mathematics in Mid-Twentieth Century Latin America ABSTRACT The geographic reach and international...
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