Portrait of Alexander (1888-1971)
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Additional Information
- I. M. James
- Affiliation: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24–29 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LB, UK
- Email: imj@maths.ox.ac.uk
- Received by editor(s): February 16, 2000
- Published electronically: January 19, 2001
- Additional Notes: A revised version of this article will appear in my forthcoming book Remarkable Mathematicians
- © Copyright 2001 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38 (2001), 123-129
- MSC (2000): Primary 01A70
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-01-00893-X
- MathSciNet review: 1816068