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Mathematicians Of The Day
6th January
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Born:
- 1561: Thomas Fincke Ⓟ
- 1655: Jacob Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1807: Józeph Petzval Ⓟ
- 1841: Rudolf Sturm Ⓟ
- 1883: Francisco José Duarte Ⓟ
- 1926: Walter Hayman Ⓟ
- 1934: William Browder Ⓟ
- 1977: Maria Chudnovsky Ⓟ
Died:
- 1607: Guidobaldo del Monte Ⓟ
- 1689: Seth Ward Ⓟ
- 1826: John Farey Ⓟ
- 1886: Jean Claude Saint-Venant Ⓟ
- 1918: Georg Cantor Ⓟ
- 1920: Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen Ⓟ
- 1922: Jakob Rosanes Ⓟ
- 1930: Eduard Study Ⓟ
- 1943: James Wattie
- 1953: Giovanni Vacca Ⓟ
- 1955: John Mackie
- 1997: Göran Borg
Quotation of the day
From Jacob Bernoulli
Probability as a measurable degree of certainty; necessity and chance;
Moral versus mathematical expectation;
A priori and a posteriori probability;
Expectation of winning when players are divided according to dexterity;
Regard of all available arguments, their valuation, and their calculable evaluation;
Law of large numbers …
