Georg Cantor Quote

Had Mittag-Leffler had his way, I should have to wait until the year 1984, which to me seemed too great a demand!


Letter (1885), written after Gösta Mittag-Leffler persuaded him to withdraw a submission to Mittag-Leffler's journal Acta Mathematica, telling him it was "about one hundred years too soon."


Had Mittag-Leffler had his way, I should have to wait until the year 1984, which to me seemed too great a demand!

Had Mittag-Leffler had his way, I should have to wait until the year 1984, which to me seemed too great a demand!

Had Mittag-Leffler had his way, I should have to wait until the year 1984, which to me seemed too great a demand!

Had Mittag-Leffler had his way, I should have to wait until the year 1984, which to me seemed too great a demand!