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Željko Oset: Pisma Georga Fabra Josipu Plemlju (2024); nekaj misli ob branju knjige
Željko Oset: Letters from Georg Faber to Josip Plemelj (2024); Some Thoughts
on Reading the Book 1

Tomaž Pisanski
Univerza na Primorskem in IMFM
University of Primorska and IMFM
tomaz.pisanski@upr.si

Profesorju Antonu Suhadolcu To Professor Anton Suhadolc
ob njegovi devetdesetletnici. on his ninetieth birthday.
eprav je Josip Plemelj (1873–1967) brez lthough Josip Plemelj (1873-1967) is un- 133
dvoma doma in v svetu najbolj poznan doubtedly the best-known Sloveni-
Č slovenski matematik, je naše resnično ve- Aan mathematician at home and abroad,
denje o njem precej pomanjkljivo. Praktično vse, our actual knowledge of him is somewhat limit-
kar se je doslej pisalo o Plemlju, je prišlo izpod ed. Practically everything that has been written
peresa matematikov: njegovih študentov ali nji- about Plemelj to date has come from the pens of
hovih študentov. Pri tem je knjižica Josip Ple- mathematicians: his students or their students.
melj: ob dvajsetletnici smrti (1987), ki jo je napi- In this regard, the booklet Josip Plemelj – Ob dv-
sal Plemljev naslednik Ivan Vidav (1918–2015), ajsetletnici smrti (Josip Plemelj – On the Twen-
začrtala zorni kot in postavila filter za nadaljnje tieth Anniversary of His Death), written by Ple-
obravnave Plemljevega življenja ter dela. Kljub melj’s successor Ivan Vidav (1918-2015), set the
temu da je Vidav poskušal biti kar se da objek- tone and established a filter for further discus-
tiven, seveda ni mogel mimo globokega spošto- sions of Plemelj’s life and work. Although Vidav
vanja do svojega mentorja in velikega matemati- tried to be as objective as possible, he could not
ka. Vse drugo, kar smo vedeli o slednjem, se je help but express his deep respect for his mentor
prenašalo iz »roda v rod« preko ustnih anekdot and the great mathematician. Everything else
in se je seveda na vsakem koraku malo popačilo. we knew about Plemelj was passed down from
K sreči je Plemljevo zapuščino uredil matematik, generation to generation through oral anecdotes
prof. dr. Anton Suhadolc. and, of course, became slightly distorted at every
Plemelj je na Akademiji rad pripovedoval step. Fortunately, Plemelj’s legacy was edited by
o kakšni pikantni podrobnosti iz študentske- mathematician Prof. Dr Anton Suhadolc.
ga življenja na Dunaju. Na eni od »krokarskih Plemelj enjoyed sharing some of the more
razglednic«, ohranjenih v njegovi zapuščini, je interesting details of student life in Vienna with
za svoj naslov navedel kar gostilno. V tistih časih the Academy. On one of the ‘Krokar postcards’
lokali niso bili samo okolje za družabno življenje, preserved in his legacy, Plemelj listed a pub as
ampak so za vse revne študente, ki so se stiskali v his address. In those days, pubs were not only a
skromnih najemniških sobah, predstavljali raz- place for socialising, but also a luxurious work-
košno delovno okolje. Tako je tudi Plemelj celo ing environment for all the poor students who
doktorat pisal kar v kavarni. were crammed into modest rented rooms. Ple-
Znano je, da »je bil nekoč v družbi s sošolci, melj even wrote his doctoral thesis in a café.
ki so v mladostni razposajenosti vrgli klop v Ti- It is known that ‘he was once in the company
volski ribnik«, kakor piše Vidav (1987, 6), in iz gi- of classmates who, in their youthful exuberance,
mnazije izključeni Plemelj je moral zadnji letnik 1 The English translation of the Slovenian original was cre-
gimnazije opravljati kot zasebnik: prvi semester ated using the artificial intelligence tool DeepL.
https://doi.org/10.26493/2350-5443.13(1)133-149 © author/authors