space, which is obviously in the spirit of Clifford. In this respect the paper seems somewhat antiquated, but the essence is in the method it advocates." The subject of relativity was a polemical issue in Nazi Germany. As Mark Walker writes Eventually Vahlen adopted the common tactic of ascribing the theory of relativity to other "Aryan" physicists, thereby accusing Einstein of plagiarism, but also making the theory palatable to the National Socialist state. Works 1899: "Rationale Funktion der Wurzeln, symmetrische und Affektfunktionen", (i.e. "Rational functions of roots, symmetric and effect-functions") Klein's encyclopedia, 1–1. 1900: "Arithmetische Theorie der Formen", (i.e. "Arithmetic Theory of Forms") Klein's encyclopedia, Volume 1-2 1902: "Über Bewegungen und complexe Zahlen", (i.e. "On Motions and Complex Numbers") Mathematische Annalen 55:585–93 1905: Abstrakte Geometrie. Untersuchungen über die Grundlagen der euklidischen und nicht-euklidischen Geometrie, (i.e. Arithmetic Geometry. Studies of the Foundations of Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry), Leipzig, 2nd edition 1940, Deutsche Mathematik, 2nd supplement 1911: Konstruktionen und Approximationen in systematischer Darstellung, (i.e. Systematic Representations of Constructions and Approximations) Teubner 1922: Ballistik (i.e. Ballistics) de Gruyter 2nd edition 1942 1929: Deviation und Kompensation, (i.e. Deviation and Compensation) Vieweg-Verlag 1942: "Die Paradoxien der relativen Mechanik", (i.e. "Paradoxes of relative mechanics") Leipzig, Deutsche Mathematik, 3rd supplement Bibliography Beyerchen, Alan D. (1977) Scientists Under Hitler: Politics and the Physics Community in the Third Reich (Yale) Hentschel, Klaus, editor and Ann M. Hentschel, editorial assistant and Translator (1996) Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Birkhäuser) Macrakis, Kristie (1993) Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany (Oxford) References External links 1869 births 1945 deaths Academic staff of TU Wien Austrian Nazis Gauleiters German Army personnel of World War I German expatriates in Austria German expatriates in the Czech lands German nationalists German people imprisoned abroad German National People's Party politicians Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Mathematicians from Vienna Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Members of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic National Socialist Freedom Movement politicians National Socialist Working Association members Nazi Party officials Nazi Party politicians 19th-century German mathematicians 19th-century German people Number theorists Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class SS-Brigadeführer Sturmabteilung personnel 20th-century German mathematicians 20th-century German newspaper publishers (people) 20th-century German people Academic staff of the University of Greifswald Academic staff of the University of Königsberg