Mathematicians Of The Day

1st June



On this day in 2003, Jean-Pierre Serre became the first recipient of the Abel Prize. The ceremony was held at the Abel Monument in Slottsparken, Oslo.
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Quotation of the day

From Edward Titchmarsh
It can be of no practical use to know that π is irrational, but if we can know, it surely would be intolerable not to know.
Quoted in N Rose Mathematical Maxims and Minims (Raleigh N C 1988).