Letters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem

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dc.creatorAdelmann, Clemens
dc.creatorGerbracht, Eberhard H. -A.
dc.date2007-12-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:41:54Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:41:54Z
dc.descriptionTwo letters from William Burnside have recently been found in the Nachlass of Robert Fricke that contain instances of Burnside's Problem prior to its first publication. We present these letters as a whole to the public for the first time. We draw a picture of these two mathematicians and describe their activities leading to their correspondence. We thus gain an insight into their respective motivations, reactions, and attitudes, which may sharpen the current understanding of professional and social interactions of the mathematical community at the turn of the 20th century.
dc.descriptiondocumentclass amsart, 17 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4296
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4296
dc.identifierArchive for History of Exact Sciences 63 (2009), 33-50
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s00407-008-0021-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/219899
dc.subjectHistory and Overview
dc.subjectGroup Theory
dc.subject01A60 (Primary); 01A55, 01A70, 20-03, 20F05, 30-03, 30F35, 11F12 (Secondary)
dc.titleLetters from William Burnside to Robert Fricke: Automorphic Functions, and the Emergence of the Burnside Problem
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