Episodes of interferences of War and Mathematics in the Life and Work of Werner Fenchel

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Episodes of interferences of War and Mathematics in the Life and Work of Werner Fenchel. / Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff.

In: Amazônia, Vol. 16, No. 35, 2020, p. 15-27.

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Kjeldsen, TH 2020, 'Episodes of interferences of War and Mathematics in the Life and Work of Werner Fenchel', Amazônia, vol. 16, no. 35, pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.18542/amazrecm.v16i35.8559

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Kjeldsen, T. H. (2020). Episodes of interferences of War and Mathematics in the Life and Work of Werner Fenchel. Amazônia, 16(35), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.18542/amazrecm.v16i35.8559

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Kjeldsen TH. Episodes of interferences of War and Mathematics in the Life and Work of Werner Fenchel. Amazônia. 2020;16(35):15-27. https://doi.org/10.18542/amazrecm.v16i35.8559

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Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff. / Episodes of interferences of War and Mathematics in the Life and Work of Werner Fenchel. In: Amazônia. 2020 ; Vol. 16, No. 35. pp. 15-27.

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