They Don't Write 'Em Like They Used to: Artin (1947)

For a project I’m working on, I had to skim through the following:

Artin, E. “Theory of Braids.” Annals of Mathematics, vol. 48, no. 1, 1947, pp. 101–26. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1969218. Accessed 25 Sept. 2024.

It is a follow up to his paper:

Artin, Emil. “Theorie der zöpfe.” Abhandlungen aus dem mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg. Vol. 4. Springer-Verlag, 1925.

I was surprised to see the following very honest remarks in the paper:

And similarly, this straight-up joke at the end.

They Don't Write 'Em Like They Used to: Artin (1947)

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