DSB, X, 274-276 & et V, p.475-476 ; Condette, \u00ab Entre science et croyance : l’image du Nord chez les universitaires fran\u00e7ais sous la Troisi\u00e8me R\u00e9publique \u00bb, Revue du Nord, 2005, pp.401-422.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition. Copy incribed by the author<\/span> “A monsieur Gosselet, membre correspondant de l’Institut. Tr\u00e8s respectueux hommage, Paul Painlev\u00e9”.<\/p>\n Painlev\u00e9 (1863\u20131933) sent his theories to his colleague, the geologist and palaeontologist Jules Gosselet (1832\u20131916), at the University of Lille, where they were both professors. <\/p>\n Although the two disciplines in which the scientists excel are somewhat distinct, it is the desire to build a powerful university that brings together knowledge in the provinces that unites Painlev\u00e9 and Gosselet. They wish to be able to rival Paris; the professors demonstrate a genuine desire to inspire passion and to offer an impeccable standard of scientific excellence. <\/p>\n This desire to counter centralism was inevitably affected by the resources made available to the university. Gosselet was a fervent advocate of the University of Lille; he spoke on the subject in 1887: <\/p>\n \u00ab On doit donc chercher \u00e0 cr\u00e9er en province de petits Paris intellectuels. Pour cela, il faut grouper les Facult\u00e9s et les placer dans une grande ville. L\u2019activit\u00e9 commerciale et industrielle qu\u2019elles y trouvent, loin d\u2019\u00eatre un obstacle au travail, est au contraire un adjuvant \u00bb (Gosselet, \u00ab La question de Douai-Lille \u00bb, Revue internationale de l\u2019enseignement<\/i>, 1887, t. 1, p. 149-157.)<\/p>\n This inscription was therefore part of a spirit of collegiality amongst the faculty, with both men committed to spreading the academic reputation of Lille.<\/p>\n This dream of rivalling Paris, however, had little chance of success, as the capital remained too attractive and offered more opportunities to scientists. Painlev\u00e9 remained at the University of Lille for five years, but his dean eventually declared in 1891:<\/p>\n \u00ab Monsieur Painlev\u00e9 est \u00e9videmment destin\u00e9 \u00e0 un avenir tr\u00e8s brillant et il est \u00e0 craindre que nous ne le perdions bient\u00f4t. En me pla\u00e7ant au point de vue des int\u00e9r\u00eats de la facult\u00e9 et du monde universitaire de Lille, j\u2019exprime le regret qu\u2019il n\u2019y ait aucun moyen de retenir en province, en leur faisant certains avantages, des jeunes gens d\u2019une aussi grande valeur \u00bb (AD Nord, 2 T 432, dossier Paul Painlev\u00e9, rapport du doyen ; juin 1891<\/i>.)<\/p>\n He moved to Paris in 1892, and Marie Curie was one of his students.<\/p>\n “Paul Painlev\u00e9 a implicitement introduit la notion de feuilletage holomorphe singulier dans la premi\u00e8re partie de ses \u201cLe\u00e7ons de Stockholm\u201d lorsqu\u2019il \u00e9tudie les propri\u00e9t\u00e9s des \u00b4\u00e9quations diff\u00e9rentielles alg\u00e9briques du premier ordre F(y, y`, x) = 0 (sp\u00e9cialement dans les \u201cLe\u00e7ons 2 et 3\u201d)” (Frank Loray, sur les Th\u00e9or\u00e8mes I et II de Painl\u00e9v\u00e9<\/i>).<\/p>\n A lovely, unbound set of three pieces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 3 issues, 4to (265 x 218 mm) of 4 pp.; 3pp. and 4 pp. Unbound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":91755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[550],"product_tag":[1264,1330],"class_list":{"0":"post-91836","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-science","7":"product_tag-inscription","8":"product_tag-mathematics","9":"pa_auteur-painleve-paul-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"PAINLEV\u00c9 Paul","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Gauthier-Villlars & fils, 1888","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"\n