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The second author is grateful to the following institutions for permission to view and use the archival material and illustrations reproduced here: Archive SASA; the University of Belgrade Library and the Belgrade City Museum Archive of Serbia collection: Philosophy Faculty, G-208, documents: 22/1905; 252/1907; 380/1907; 148/1908; 499/1907; 1007/1920; 31/1921; 756/1921; 1731/1922; 83/1938; 2559/1938, 3073/1938.

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Todorčević, V., Šegan-Radonjić, M. Mihailo Petrović Alas: Mathematician and Master Fisherman. Math Intelligencer 41, 44–50 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-019-09901-y

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