The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (2020)

Re:The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (... by dejj on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:34PM (#26826400)

This post seems to be missing the punchline that Von Neumann is alleged to later have hired 4 assistants for those tasks.

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Re:The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (... by jorgenveisdal on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:36PM (#26826431)

Source?

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Re:The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (... by DevilMadeMeDoIT on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:15PM (#26826841)

"Szeged in 1934" [0]

"I heard subsequently that the position that had been offered to me was divided into four pieces"

[0] https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/upload_library/2...

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Re:The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (... by wging on Saturday April 17, 2021 @01:03AM (#26841704)

The OP says:

> This essay is based on the article “Szeged in 1934”, which was compiled by Reuben Hersh from two manuscripts of Lorch’s for a proposed book on mathematics in Hungary.

Based on it, yes -- to the extent that you should just read the original. I'm not sure if the OP article really counts as plagiarism, but it's not worth reading when the original is right here.

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Re:The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (... by throwaway81523 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @11:12AM (#26844809)

I gave up reading the Cantor's Attic articles that keep getting linked from HN. They are all rehashes of well known stuff from other sources. Yes though, the Lorch article was excellent (I read it some time ago).

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Re:The Duties of John von Neumann’s Assistant in the 1930s (... by readthenotes1 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @02:42AM (#26842114)

Oh the horses of Szegad!

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