Mathematicians Of The Day

1st January



On this day in 1801, the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres.
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Quotation of the day

From Eugene Paul Wigner
The simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the languages we use for their expression.
Communications on Pure and Applied Algebra 13 (1959).