Oral history interview with Hassler Whitney, 1984 Apr. 10.

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Oral history interview with Hassler Whitney, 1984 Apr. 10.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63277412

Whitney talks about his year in Princeton, 1931-1932, as a National Research Council Fellow. In particular he talks about James W. Alexander and Solomon Lefschetz and about the social atmosphere in Fine Hall. Tucker contributes some of his recollections about Alexander and the dedication ceremony at Fine Hall, and he compares the mathematical community at Princeton with that at Harvard and Chicago. Whitney tells how an incident with Charles Morrey led him (Whitney) to write an important paper.

Transcript : 6 p.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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