Timeline for Dehn's solution to Hilbert's 3rd: 1901 or 1902?
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| Aug 26, 2011 at 22:06 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | Just for the record, here is Hilbert's footnote at the end of his 3rd problem description: "Since this was written Herr Dehn has succeeded in proving this impossibility. See his note: "Über raumgleiche Polyeder," in Nachrichten d. K. Gesellsch. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen, 1900, and a paper soon to appear in the Math. Annalen [vol. 55, pp. 465-478]." | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 23:04 | comment | added | Joseph O'Rourke | Yes, Hilbert refers to that in his own paper. Hilbert calls this a "note" and the other a "paper," which I took to suggest that the former was a type of preliminary version of the latter. | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 22:26 | history | answered | John Stillwell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |