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During 1945–1946 Brouwer opposed Amsterdam’s hiring of Van der Waerden until Van der Corput struck a deal with Brouwer.
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Handwritten letter in Dutch; ETH; Hs652: 12165.
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Handwritten letter in Dutch; RANH, Papers of Hans Freudenthal, inv. nr. 89.
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Evert Marie Bruins (1909–1990), a mathematics faculty member at the University of Amsterdam.
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Handwritten letter in Dutch; ETH, Hs652: 12172.
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Ibid.
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Bruijn, N. G. de, e-mail to A. Soifer, June 15, 2004.
Dalen, D. van, Mystic, Geometer, and Intuitionist: The Life of L.E.J. Brouwer, Volume II: Hope and Disillusion, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.
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Soifer, A. (2015). A Rebellion in Brouwer’s Amsterdam. In: The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0712-8_28
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