In memoriam: Wilbur Richard Knorr (1945-1997): an appreciation

DOI10.1006/hmat.1998.2199zbMath0911.01017OpenAlexW1963934097WikidataQ56602839 ScholiaQ56602839MaRDI QIDQ1273189

D. H. Fowler

Publication date: 23 February 1999

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1998.2199

zbMATH Keywords

Obituary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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