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The beginnings of the Soviet encyclopedia
Laurent Mazliak
In this paper we focus on the beginning of publication of the Large Soviet Encyclopedia, launched in 1925. We present the context of this launching and explain why it was tightly c…
Poincaré's Odds
Laurent Mazliak
This paper is devoted to Poincaré's work in probability. Though the subject does not represent a large part of the mathematician's achievements, it provides significant insight int…
The Moravian crossroads. Mathematics and mathematicians in Brno between German traditions and Czech hopes
Laurent Mazliak, Pavel Sisma
In the paper, we study the situation of the mathematical community in Brno, the maintown of Moravia, between 1900 and 1930. During this time, the First World War and, as one of its…
The emergence of French statistics. How mathematics entered the world of statistics in France during the 1920s
Rémi Catellier, Laurent Mazliak
This paper concerns the emergence of modern mathematical statistics in France after the First World War. Emile Borel's achievements are presented, and especially his creation of tw…
The trace of First World War on mathematics in Brno
Laurent Mazliak, Pavel Sisma
In the present paper, we study the evolution of the mathematical community in Brno (Brünn in German), the Moravian maintown, in the years between 1900 and 1930. In particular, we w…
Emile Borel's difficult days in 1941
Laurent Mazliak, Glenn Shafer
The German forces occupying Paris arrested Emile Borel and three other members of the Académie des Sciences in October 1941 and released them about five weeks later. Why? We examin…