MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
2nd January
Born:
- 1811: Li Shanlan (poster)
- 1822: Rudolf Clausius (poster)
- 1843: James Stuart (poster)
- 1896: Leopold Pars (poster)
- 1905: Lev Shnirelman (poster)
- 1931: James Murray
- 1938: Anatoly Mykhailovych Samoilenko (poster)
- 1940: Srinivasa Varadhan (poster)
Died:
- 1889: Stephen Parkinson
- 1892: George Airy (poster)
- 1930: Charles Shirra Dougall (poster)
- 1952: Panagiotis Zervos
- 1992: Brian Kuttner (poster)
- 1992: Tibor Gallai
Quotation of the day
From George Airy
In the hands of Science and indomitable energy, results the most gigantic and absorbing may be wrought out by skilful combinations of acknowledged data and the simplest means.
