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Prof. Carl LudWIg Siegel, one of this century's leading mathematicians. died April ~ in GOttingen, West Germany, at , the age of 84. He made fundamental dis- 1 covenes in the theory of numbers, the 1 theory of analytic functions and celestial , m~~. I Professor-Siegel ..... born in Berlin and . at the age of 2S was appointed to a !ull : professorship at Frankfurt Unive"'ity ~ he was a member of the faculty I from 1922 to 1937. He was then a profes50r at Glittinlen University until he left Ger many in 1940 to join the Institute for Ad- ! vanced Study in Princeton, N.J., where he remained as a member conducting his own research untl1l945. In 1941i he was appointed a faculty member of the institute and took part in ~ sdmlnistrative and policy-malting func tions. While there he also served as an ad. junct professor of mathematics at New York University. Professor Siegel remained with the in stitute until 1951, when the Government of West Germany invited him to accept a chair at the University of GOttlngen. He was professor emeritus ot mathematics there at his death. In 1978, Professor Siegel was one of nine leading research sclentists who shared the $500,000 Wolf PrIze, estal> lIshed in 1976 by the Israeli Parliament. Professor Siegel ..... cited for his work in the theocy of numbers, complex vari ables and celestial mechanics. He leaves no Immediatesunivors. I Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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Dear Montgomery:
I vas pleased to get your kind letter. In the meantime I have already written to Mrs. Barnett asking for the reserntion of an aparwent.
I have a berth on the "1ll'ell8n" arriVing in Nev York on October 17, and I should be very gratefUl if the Institute station vagon could Met ae at
the boat.
Please convey to Veblen ~ cordial wishes for his recovery.
I am looking forward to see you again in a fev a:>nt s, and I
hope that it will be a pleasant tiJIle for all of us. Sincerely yours,
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Borel K. Glldel D. Montgomery M. Morse .,/R. Oppenheimer A. Selberg A. vleil H. Whitney O. Veblen TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH Apollo Pier Road, Bombay 1 February 15, 1960 Dear colleagues Beurling, Borel, Glldel, Montgomery, Morse, Selberg, r/eil and Whitney: I was very pleased to receive your friendly letter and tbe nice gift which accompanied it. Certainly I should like very DDlch to visit you when I come next time to the United States. Perhaps I may add a few words explaining 1I\Y negative answer to the official invitation. I was frightened by the idea that 1I\Y stay at the Institute for a longer period of time would not be welcomed by the younger generation of mathematicians whose scientific taste and interest seems to be very different from 1I\Y own. It is quite possible that the abstract dreams of these people ultimately may lead again to fertile ground and to real progress. However, I feel unable to adapt 1I\Yself to this modern spirit, and I prefer to continue 1I\Y own work in the style of the 19th century. There is a second reason which I did not mention in 1I\Y letter to Dr. Oppenheimer. During the last years 1I\Y healtb has become very unstable and I was afraid that I should find great difficulties in trying once more for a year the uncomfortable life of an old bachelor in America which I know so well from long experience. Such difficulties might not arise during a shorter stay, but I did not feel free to propose another form of intitation. Thanking you for your kind intention, I remain Very sincerely yours, /s/ Carl Ludwig Siegel. Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby\ White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. 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Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. r File ce: J'!Mbers, 60-61, Siegel ~ r FacuJ.1ir, Siegel Bd o~ Truatees, pending wtabea. • r • Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. CC I Professors Beurl1n& rel C&lel ntgo ry Moree vt)ppenbe1ller ell Whitney Ollttingen, ovBllber 9, 1958 Dear Professor selbergl Thank you for your kind letter which I r delay because of II;Y abllence frOIll Ollttingen ffillC"1nlll Next year I shall retire frOIl ar:r l)O!rHi~ April 1st. I shall keep the right to gt e here, if I wish, though I doubt whether I shall do so~ pr t disagreeable situation at our Institute. ;f ot.1ilm , lIlY alth is rather unstable, and it would not be wi 100 tri nee IlOre to find a n .'-" home in another part of the world. V I should be glad if ~ the acadeJll1c year 1960/61 at the I.n8titute for Adv Stu. ng the winter 1959/60, as you probably know, I s be II~ t1JI8 10 Bombay, because of the ColloquiUIII on Fun on~,,oo I would not. dare to expose my bad health to t yurer~~tes of three continents. Please giv bea;;r ardll to Mr.. Selberg. Sincerely yours, /11/ Carl Siegel Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. cc: Professors BeurliIlg Borel G8dill Montgomery Morse ....-o-ppenheiaer WeU Whitney GllttiIlgen, Nov8IIber 9, 1958 Dear Professor ~lberg: Thank you for your kind letter which I rec i~ed with some delay because of II\Y absence trOll 06ttingen during t~ last month. Next year I shall retire fro. rq po(:I:t1en~'Gllttingen on April 1st. I shall keep the right to ~he lectures ~e, if I wish, though I doubt whether I shall do so utider the prese~'{ disagreeable situation at our Institute. On the other baJ1.d, rq health is rather unstable, and it would not be wise tQ W qnce more to find a new home in another part of the wor I should be glad if I could spend academic year 1960-61 at the Institute for Advanceli \StUdy~ing the winter 1959/60, as you probably know, I shall, ~o~ illle in Bombay, because of the Colloquium on ~'The Please give -f est ~s to Mrs. Selberg. ~ Sincerel,y yours, /s/ Carl Siegel Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From rthe Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY : WASHINGTON SQUAltf NEWYOIUC N Y.,OOOl Return Requesled t~!ce of tne ir _tor .ril'l'; :'0 • ew ersey Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM - NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Courant Institute, 251 Mercer Street Monday, April 10, 1967 Room 109, 3 - 5 p.m. Professor Carl LudWig Siegel of University of G~ttingen THE WEIERSTRASS PREPARATION THEOREM This is a special Colloquium. Professor Siegel will receive an honorary degree at the conclusion of the Colloquium. Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY looiIo.I'Cll 3. 53 II 81 15 a 0 1 • • l'alU;ea • • ro r '. . ' • Ol"lfllrd , /I Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. )IQo,J ~"'~ ~ /7) c;n [)~ 0":'-<-<... 1--- 0/~"""", 1-J {...... J(• <- j.." 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Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. , b , 1951 raodum to • n I The 31 tio of • "1 IlIlll:lbor of Faculty or the nstitute cep1;ed the end of our pre ent !'i cal ar, JUne )0, 1951. obert Oppenhsillier Copy to •• Trim81'\ld nss UnderlfOod Records of the Office of the Director: Faculty files: Box 26: Siegel, Carl, 1946-1981 From the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. March 22. 1951 DMr Prof"essor Siegell Your good letter of ch 21st came to _ this morning. Although it has news in it which. lLS you knOlf. makes e en your friends here sad. I must thank you for the oandor and the riendliness with which you wrote. It is surely true U'at e are content tha in one way at. least t Institute has fulfilled ita real .function and provided a home for you durl so 0 )'Oars in lIhich you have e such DlUsive and beautifUl contributions to sciencs. That is what we are here for. • As to the future, _ must of oourse wish. far the sake of your OIIII happin.. and oreativeness, that the decision you have now taken return to 08ttingen will prove a wise one. If. when you have bad ti to lLSsess the situation in 08ttinven. it should tum' out that you re ret the decision, or would in any _y wish to reoonsider it, you IIlUSt surely then let us mow. in order that _ uy reopen the question of" your return. I say this despita the good wish.. that go with youJ0nly that you ay be sure of my eagerness and that of all your oolleagues to be helpfUl to you within the limita of our ability. ith every warm cod wish. Robert Oppenheimer Professor Carl L. iegel Institute for ·dvanced Stu1y Princeton. • J. 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