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Travels, Congresses, Prizes

In: Gösta Mittag-Leffler

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  • Arild Stubhaug

    (University of Oslo, Department of Mathematics)

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In his diary Mittag-Leffler often wrote comments such as: “I’m so tired of all these business troubles, and wish I could return to mathematics.” He was struggling to consolidate his financial position. The drop in prices had brought a loss of close to a million kronor, and he claimed that he was “up to his neck in unprofitable enterprises.” On the other hand, he had purchased 500 equity shares in Nordiska Kompaniet at a price of 130 kronor per share, and he was managing his own business interests at Rösjö, in Umeå, and in Kinsarvik. Nor had he put aside plans for a wireless telegraph to London. At Rösjö agreements had been signed for delivering cheap cardboard to Russia. In Kinsarvik the construction work was underway and the potential for profits was still uncertain. When Mittag-Leffler was in Kristiania to discuss prospects with his Norwegian business partners, he also talked to Kristian Birkeland about technical innovations based on his scientific discovery for the production of potassium nitrate. Mittag-Leffler offered to act as agent for Birkeland’s method, with the idea of using it in Umeå as well.

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  • Arild Stubhaug, 2010. "Travels, Congresses, Prizes," Springer Books, in: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, pages 563-570, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-11672-8_68
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11672-8_68
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