Gösta Mittag-Leffler and Vito Volterra. 40 Years of Correspondence
Editors
Frédéric Jaëck
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FranceLaurent Mazliak
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, FranceEmma Sallent Del Colombo
Universitat de Barcelona, SpainRossana Tazzioli
Université Lille 1, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
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pp. i–iv Frontmatterpp. v–vi Prefacep. vii Acknowledgmentsp. ix Contentsp. 1 Part I Introduction to the correspondencepp. 3–4 Presentation of the correspondencepp. 4–8 Gösta Mittag-Leffler before his first meeting with Volterrapp. 8–9 The first meeting between Mittag-Leffler and Volterrapp. 9–13 Volterra in Dini’s footstepspp. 13–16 Foundation of the journal Acta Mathematicapp. 16–18 From Dini to Betti, 1882–1887pp. 18–20 Functional analysispp. 20–26 The second meeting. Guccia’s role and Volterra’s international débutspp. 26–28 1888–1902: Abel’s manuscriptspp. 28–31 1891: Sonya Kovalevskaya’s errorpp. 31–36 1896: Inversion of integralspp. 36–40 1898: Mittag-Leffler’s star and its prehistorypp. 40–44 Mittag-Leffler’s engagement for the Nobel Prize in Physicspp. 44–46 1906: Volterra’s lectures in Stockholmpp. 46–54 1910: Integro-differential equationspp. 55–58 WorldWar I and its consequences, 1914–1920p. 59 Part II Letterspp. 61–400 Letterspp. 401–422 Bibliographypp. 423–428 Index