Reading Burnside
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In this note, we simply (try to) interpret Burnside’s original proof in modern terminology and notation. This is instructive for anyone interested in the evolution of mathematical writing, as Burnside’s language is – at least for the author – essentially unreadable as a rigorous mathematical proof. One can make sense of it, with some effort, and from it construct a proof which is (or at least, seems to be) equivalent to Burnside’s. (I have no doubt that his proof is correct in his terms, despite not being able to understand some important parts of it; and certainly he would be able to explain those in person...)
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تاریخ انتشار 2010