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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, 80309-0395, Boulder, CO, USA

    Karl Gustafson

  2. Department of Mechanical Control Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, 330, Ohmiya Saitama, Japan

    Takehisa Abe

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Gustafson, K., Abe, T. (Victor) Gustave Robin: 1855–1897. The Mathematical Intelligencer 20, 47–53 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025298

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