Nazis, émigrés, and abstract mathematics
Abstract
Today, Jordan algebras are a sprawling mathematical subfield, but the strange story of their discovery amid Adolf Hitler's seizure of power is not widely known.
- Publication:
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Physics Today
- Pub Date:
- January 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1063/PT.3.5158
- Bibcode:
- 2023PhT....76a..44D