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Osetova knjiga je tehtna razprava, ki je izšla that he was convinced that the NUK had been
v zbirki Korespondence pomembnih Slovencev bombed at the time, but he left the building un-
in osvetljuje zgodovino slovenske matematike harmed. He later confirmed this in his interview
na prelomu stoletja ter prve polovice 20. stoletja. for OMF.
Dodatno težo ji dajeta matematična recenzenta In this light, we can understand Vidav’s
doc. dr. Boštjan Kuzman in akademik prof. dr. thoughtful stance on the attempt to rehabilitate
Matej Brešar. Rihard Zupančič as a clear message that there
can be no reconciliation with Nazism. With
Zahvle this, he used his authority to oppose the strongly
Dele in zgodnje različice tega rokopisa so brali in argued desire of Slovenian mathematicians gath-
z nasveti pomagali: Anton Suhadolc, Marko in ered in the DMFA that Zupančič should also be
Nada Razpet, Peter Legiša, Boštjan Kuzman, Mi- vindicated, at least on a symbolic level, for the in-
148 lan Hladnik in Željko Oset. Za njihove pripombe justice done to him at the end of the war. Thus,
se jim najlepše zahvaljujem. Seveda pa jemljem vse
morebitne napake in netočnosti nase. the names Vidav and Plemelj remain connected
with a stain on the history of Slovenian math-
studia universitatis hereditati, letnik 13 (2025), številka 1 / volume 13 (2025), number 1
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