References for Garrett Birkhoff
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Articles:
- Garrett Birkhoff : on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Algebra Universalis 17 (3) (1983), 223-226.
- Garrett Birkhoff, in Albers and G L Alexanderson (eds.), Mathematical People : Profiles and Interviews (Cambridge, MA, 1985), 3-15.
- In memoriam: Garrett Birkhoff [1911 - 1996], Modern Logic 7 (1) (1997), 81-82.
- S Mac Lane, Garrett Birkhoff and the 'Survey of modern algebra', Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (11) (1997), 1438-1439. (A pdf version)
- Obituary : Garrett Birkhoff, The New York Times (28 Nov, 1996).
- G-C Rota, The many lives of lattice theory, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (11) (1997), 1440-1445. (A pdf version)
- R S Varga, In memoriam: Garrett Birkhoff : January 10, 1911 - November 11, 1996, J. Approx. Theory 95 (1) (1998), iv; 1-4.
- R Wille, Laudatio anlässlich der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde an Professor Garrett Birkhoff, in Lattice theory and its applications, Darmstadt, 1991 (Lemgo, 1995), 1-6.
- D M Young, Garrett Birkhoff and applied mathematics, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (11) (1997), 1446-1450. (A pdf version)
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