The Impact of Emigration on Slovak Mathematics: The Case of the Bratislava Graph Theory Seminar.

After the departure of Kotzig and Rosa, the leadership of the seminar was assumed by Juraj Bosák, originally a student of Kotzig, later his long-time collaborator, and an active member of the seminar from its very beginnings. Kotzig and Bosák were among the first to present lectures at a graph theory conference (with Kotzig delivering the first talk in 1963, in Smolenice, Slovakia). Many young Slovak mathematicians benefited from these contacts, and had Kotizig and Rosa not left, the development of graph theory in Slovakia at the international level may have been delayed by many years. The Beginning of the Seminar (Early 1960s) The Bratislava graph theory seminar was established through the initiative of the Slovak mathematician Anton Kotzig, who prior to founding the seminar was (among his other activities) the rector of the University of Economics in Bratislava from 1952 to 1958. [Extracted from the article]