From: Ross Street <ross.street@mq.edu.au>
To: tholen@mathstat.yorku.ca
Cc: categories@mta.ca
Subject: Re: Reinhard Boerger
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:41:48 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1WuA83-00050l-Em@mlist.mta.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1WtreO-0007Ya-Q6@mlist.mta.ca>
On 8 Jun 2014, at 6:05 am, tholen@mathstat.yorku.ca wrote:
> Reinhard was an extraordinarily talented mathematician, with a brought
> and deep understanding of many areas of mathematics. His quick grasp of
> any kind of subject impressed many of his colleagues, especially his
> pointed questions and comments in seminar settings.
That is exactly how I remember Reinhard on my couple of visits to the FernUniversitaet.
He would understand a subject on a first hearing and make valuable comments from
a completely fresh viewpoint.
This is very sad news.
Ross
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2014-06-07 20:05 tholen
2014-06-09 8:41 ` Ross Street [this message]
2014-06-09 15:16 Fred E.J. Linton
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