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Mathematicians Of The Day
13th December
On this day in 1907, Emmy Noether received her Ph.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Erlangen, for a dissertation on algebraic invariants directed by Paul Gordan.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1973.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1973.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1724: Franz Aepinus Ⓟ
- 1885: Annie Dale Andrews Ⓟ
- 1887: George Pólya Ⓟ
- 1909: Walter R Talbot Ⓟ
- 1910: Charles Coulson Ⓟ
- 1921: David Gale Ⓟ
Died:
- 1048: Al-Biruni Ⓟ
- 1557: Tartaglia Ⓟ
- 1603: François Viète Ⓟ
- 1870: William Chauvenet Ⓟ
- 1904: Achsah Ely Ⓟ
- 1921: Max Noether Ⓟ
- 1950: Abraham Wald Ⓟ
- 1997: Alexander Oppenheim Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From François Viète
There is a certain way of searching for the truth in mathematics that Plato is said first to have discovered. Theon called this analysis.
