Mathematicians Of The Day

26th October



On this day in 1893, Karl Pearson's first statistical publication was the first in a series of 18 papers titled Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution.

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Quotation of the day

From Mark Kac
... there are those who believe that mathematics can sustain itself and grow without any further contact with anything outside itself, and those who believe that nature is still and always will be one of the main (if not the main) sources of mathematical inspiration. The first group is identified as "pure mathematicians" (though "purist" would be more adequate) while the second is, with equal inadequacy, referred to as "applied".
Quoted in R W Ritchie, New directions in mathematics