The controversy surrounding Hilda Geiringers application for Habilitation at the University of Berlin 1925 1927 sheds some light on the struggle of applied mathematics for cognitive and institutional independence

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The controversy surrounding Hilda Geiringer's application for Habilitation at the University of Berlin (1925 - 1927) sheds some light on the struggle of 'applied mathematics' for cognitive and institutional independence.