HILBERT'S OBITUARY OVER MINKOWSKI

HILBERT, DAVID.

Hermann Minkowski.

Leipzig, Teubner, 1910. 8vo. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mathematische Annalen. Begründet 1868 durch Alfred Clebsch und Carl Neumann. 68. Band". Pp. 445-471.

First edition of Hilbert's obituary over Herbert Minkowski.
Minkowski, Hilbert's "best and truest friend" (Reid, Hilbert P. 121), died prematurely of a ruptured appendix in 1909. Minkowski and Hilbert, both natives of Königsberg would exercise a reciprocal influence over each other throughout their scientific careers.

Order-nr.: 49482