At that time there was not in France - as there was in Germany - a sufficient appreciation of the kind of problem considered by Méray, and not until much later was it realised that he had produced a theory of a kind that had added lustre to the names of some of the greatest mathematicians of the period.
Sa panahon na doon ay hindi sa France - bilang doon ay sa Alemanya - isang sapat na appreciation ng uri ng problema ng Méray isinasaalang-alang, at hindi hanggang marami mamaya ay ito realised na siya ay ginawa ng isang theory ng isang uri na may added sa ang kintab mga pangalan ng ilan sa mga pinakadakilang mathematicians ng panahon.