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Guido Weiss: From Immigrant Boy to Internationally Renowned Mathematician

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A brief biographical account of Guido Weiss’ life; his accomplishments, mathematics, and diverse interests; and several anecdotes of his interactions with family, friends, colleagues, and students.

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  1. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5N9-S5QZ?cc=1923888&wc=MFKQ-Y29%3A1030084901 : 21 May 2014), 6282 - vol 13524-13526, Feb 9, 1939 > image 716 of 1005; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  2. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95N5-29K?cc=1923888&wc=MFKW-HTL%3A1030118501 : 2 October 2015), 6405 - vol 13788-13789, Oct 1, 1939 > image 444 of 759; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  3. The book of memory: the Jews deported from Italy, 1943-1945/Liliana Picciotto; research by the Foundation of Contemporary Jewish Documentation Center. - Ed. 2002: other names found. - Milan: Mursia, 2002, pp. 77-80, pp. 66-71.

  4. The names of the Holocaust victims that appear on this list were taken from Pages of Testimony submitted by Yad Vashem, https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/pdf-drupal/en/download/remembrance/country/ITALY.pdf (accessed 7-5-2020).

  5. Personal Notes of Guido Weiss.

  6. Dr. Edoardo Weiss Dies at 81; Early Psychoanalyst in Italy https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/16/archives/dr-edoardo-weiss-dies-at-81-early-psychoanalyst-in-italy.html.

  7. Via Edoardo Trieste in Google Maps, https://www.google.com/maps/place/Via+Edoardo+Weiss,+34128+Trieste+TS,+Italy/@45.6603599,13.8000731,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0×477b6b219d0f115f:0xbe336a2b04903ed6!8m2!3d45.6603562!4d13.8022618?hl=en-US.

  8. Chi, Sumei, (translated by Chi, Quoshin), Eminent Professor Guido Weiss.

  9. Personal Notes and Conversations with Guido and Barbara Weiss helped add information for this story. Barbara Weiss helped supply information that was not sited in other sources. She also read the final draft as a check on how that material was addressed in the paper.

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The original online version of this article was revised: In section 4 titled ‘Building a Career and a Family’, paragraph beginning with ‘As recalled by his student.’, the first sentence, ‘As recalled by his student Yonsheng Han, during that first visit to China Guido was 51 and the average age of his students was 55.’ has been removed. In Figure 15, the caption was incorrectly published as ‘Guido Weiss (front center) with students from Peking University 1980’ and the corrected caption is, ‘Guido Weiss (front center) with students from Beijing Normal University (1985). Several students and faculty present worked with Guido in 1980, as well’.

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Kelly, S.E., Torres, R.H. Guido Weiss: From Immigrant Boy to Internationally Renowned Mathematician. J Geom Anal 31, 9146–9179 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12220-020-00596-8

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