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1900 · rif. 024335 — 1900. This is the original 1900 edition -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. Good condition. Crease to corner of the rear cover. NO text is affected. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Reprinted from Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1900 VI. Bound in the original wraps stamped in black. This is from the library of and bears the small ink stamp of American mathematician Temple Rice Hollcroft 1889 - 1967 who received B.S. in 1912 and A.B. in 1914 from Hanover College and then A.M. in 1915 from the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. in 1917 from Cornell University under Virgil Snyder. Hollcroft was a mathematics professor at Wells College from 1918 to 1954 from which he retired as professor emeritus. Hollcroft served for 14 years as Associate Secretary of the American Mathematical Society. In 1932 in Zurich he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematician ICM. His subject was THE GENERAL WEB OF SURFACES AND THE SPACE INVOLUTION DEFINED BY IT…. Being invited to talk at the ICM has been called "the equivalent… of induction to a hall of fame." - from Wikipedia. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Softcover stapled wraps. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 5 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Paperback