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Although we had known the work of Erhard Meister since the early 70s, we only met him in person in 1984 at the Conference on Problems and Methods of Mathematical Physics in Chemnitz. This meeting left an indelible imprint on our memory. We remember perfectly that we immediately had the feeling of meeting a good friend whose views on mathematics and opinions on academic life were in astonishing agreement with our own. His kindness and frankness were truly winning characteristics. Later on we discovered that the congruence of our minds extended to nearly all vital questions. As we were living in different political systems, this compatibility was by no means self-evident.
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Böttcher, A., Silbermann, B. (2004). Erhard Meister — Friend and Colleague. In: Gohberg, I., Wendland, W., Ferreira dos Santos, A., Speck, FO., Teixeira, F.S. (eds) Operator Theoretical Methods and Applications to Mathematical Physics. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, vol 147. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7926-2_9
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