4-36-40. H. Poincaré à Giovanni Battista Guccia

[On or after 8 December, 1907]

Mon cher ami,

Merci de votre lettre, je ne dirai rien.11endnote: 1 The secrecy advised by Guccia may be related to the identity of the laureat of the Guccia Medal, which was to be announced at the upcoming International Congress of Mathematicians in Rome.

J’ai terminé mon discours de Rome, je vous l’enverrai dès qu’il sera recopié.22endnote: 2 Poincaré was to deliver the inaugural address at the fourth International Congress of Mathematicians scheduled to take place in Rome in the month of April, 1908. His speech, entitled “The future of mathematics” was published in the Rendiconti, but Poincaré fell ill in Rome, and was unable to deliver it himself (Poincaré, 1908). For a discussion of Poincaré’s address, see Gray (2012).

Votre bien dévoué,

Poincaré

ALS 2p. Archives, Circolo Matematico di Palermo.

Time-stamp: "22.08.2023 19:50"

Notes

  • 1 The secrecy advised by Guccia may be related to the identity of the laureat of the Guccia Medal, which was to be announced at the upcoming International Congress of Mathematicians in Rome.
  • 2 Poincaré was to deliver the inaugural address at the fourth International Congress of Mathematicians scheduled to take place in Rome in the month of April, 1908. His speech, entitled “The future of mathematics” was published in the Rendiconti, but Poincaré fell ill in Rome, and was unable to deliver it himself (Poincaré, 1908). For a discussion of Poincaré’s address, see Gray (2012).

Références

  • J. Gray (2012) Poincaré replies to Hilbert on the future of mathematics, ca. 1908. Mathematical Intelligencer 34 (3), pp. 15–29. Cited by: endnote 2.
  • H. Poincaré (1908) L’avenir des mathématiques. Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo 26 (1), pp. 152–168. link1 Cited by: endnote 2.