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Mathematicians Of The Day
5th January
On this day in 1874, in a letter to Dedekind, Cantor asked if the points in a square can be put in one-to-one correspondence with those on a line.
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On this day in 2022 Google released a Garavito doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1949.
Methinks that answering this question would be no easy job, despite the fact that the answer seems so clearly to be 'no' that proof appears almost unnecessary.It would be three years before Cantor could prove the answer was "yes."
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On this day in 2022 Google released a Garavito doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1949.
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Born:
- 1723: Nicole-Reine Lepaute Ⓟ
- 1838: Camille Jordan Ⓟ
- 1865: Julio Garavito Ⓟ
- 1868: Alice Bache Gould Ⓟ
- 1871: Federigo Enriques Ⓟ
- 1871: Gino Fano Ⓟ
- 1884: Arnaud Denjoy Ⓟ
- 1909: Stephen C Kleene Ⓟ
- 1917: Luna Isaac Mishoe Ⓟ
- 1942: Alexandru Lupas Ⓟ
- 1952: Lai-Sang Young Ⓟ
Died:
- 1951: Joseph Ritt Ⓟ
- 1961: Marília Peixoto Ⓟ
- 1970: Max Born Ⓟ
- 1978: Henry Jack Ⓟ
- 1987: Josif Zakharovich Shtokalo Ⓟ
- 1993: Hanno Rund Ⓟ
- 1994: David Bates Ⓟ
- 2013: Marie-Hélène Schwartz Ⓟ
- 2024: Bernard Malgrange Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Max Born
Science is not formal logic it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in those who already possess it.
