“I have to tell you about England!”: Felix Klein’s influence on the research of young British mathematicians

Stenhouse, Brigitte and Barrow-Green, June (2025). “I have to tell you about England!”: Felix Klein’s influence on the research of young British mathematicians. In: Tobies, Renate; Ciesielska, Danuta; Heller, Henning and Zwierzyńska, Joanna eds. Felix Klein's Foreign Students: Opening Up the Way for Transnational Mathematics. Birkhauser/SpringerNature (In Press).

Abstract

During his lifetime, Felix Klein forged close relationships with numerous British mathematicians. Notably, his associates at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Edinburgh encouraged high-achieving graduates to advance their studies with a visit to Göttingen, in order to attend Klein’s seminars. These students often went on to conduct original research in mathematics or to pursue careers in university teaching. By tracing the trajectories of the many British graduate students who visited Klein, or actively engaged with his mathematics in other ways, this paper demonstrates the significant influence exerted by Klein on mathematical research in Britain across multiple generations.

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