[Aurel Wintner papers, 1848-1961.].

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[Aurel Wintner papers, 1848-1961.].

Collection documents Aurel Wintner's professional life as a mathematician. The collection consists largely of Wintner's writings and reprints of his colleagues' work. There are some lecture notes and outlines from courses he taught at Hopkins and some professional correspondence. There is one box of papers dealing with Wintner's years as editor of the "American Journal of Mathematics."

28.75 linear feet (21 record center boxes, 6 document boxes)

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