Mathematicians Of The Day
3rd August
On this day in 1944, Hermann Göring authorised the creation of the Oberwolfach Institute in the Black Forest. Oberwolfach continues as an international centre for mathematics.
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Born:
- 1835: Artemas Martin Ⓟ
- 1851: George FitzGerald Ⓟ
- 1890: Martha Betz Shapley Ⓟ
- 1914: Mark Kac Ⓟ
- 1926: Maurice Auslander Ⓟ
- 1943: Béla Bollobás Ⓟ
- 1945: George Saitoti Ⓟ
Died:
- 1914: Louis Couturat Ⓟ
- 1917: Georg Frobenius Ⓟ
- 1922: Matyáš Lerch Ⓟ
- 1959: Jakob Nielsen Ⓟ
- 2011: John Quill Taylor King Ⓟ
- 2016: Geoffrey Shephard Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Mark Kac
To exist (in mathematics), said Henri Poincaré, is to be free from contradiction. But mere existence does not guarantee survival. To survive in mathematics requires a kind of vitality that cannot be described in purely logical terms.