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Summer on the West Coast

In: Gösta Mittag-Leffler

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  • Arild Stubhaug

    (University of Oslo, Department of Mathematics)

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During the summer of 1866, Gösta decided not to go back to Uppsala, but instead to spend the fall in Stockholm. The reason for this decision was two-fold. Partly it was because of his heath; he thought his stomach and digestive problems would improve if he lived at home. And partly it was because he thought – conceivably after a conversation with his teacher Mr. Hultman – that the best mathematics instruction available to him was offered by Hjalmar Holmgren, a professor at the Technological Institute in Stockholm (which in 1877 changed its name to the Royal Technical College, in Swedish KTH). Gösta attended Holmgren’s lectures, which he found challenging in every sense of the word, and he wrote extensive notes from these lectures under the title: “On Curvature and Radius of Curvature.” One thing he lamented was his poor ability to express himself mathematically, and he thought this might be the worst possible fault for a mathematician.

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  • Arild Stubhaug, 2010. "Summer on the West Coast," Springer Books, in: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, pages 91-94, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-11672-8_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11672-8_9
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