A young mathematician R Gateaux was killed near the beginning of the war and Hadamard asked Lévy to prepare Gateaux's work for publication.
Isang batang dalubbilang R Gateaux ay namatay na malapit sa simula ng digmaan at Hadamard nagtanong pagpapataw ng buwis upang maghanda ng trabaho Gateaux para sa publikasyon.