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Feb 8, 2016 at 6:11 | comment | added | Douglas Lind | The article by K. G. Anderson cited above does give authoritative account of these issues. It's not clear how much of Poincare'd prize was spent on the recall however. | |
Feb 6, 2016 at 12:57 | comment | added | David Roberts♦ | And, apparently, Poincaré had to spend (all or most of) his prize money to pay for the destruction and reprinting of that Acta issue. Would be good to get an authoritative source for this. | |
S Apr 11, 2015 at 17:24 | history | answered | Douglas Lind | CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
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