MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
6th January
Born:
- 1561: Thomas Fincke (poster)
- 1655: Jacob Bernoulli (poster)
- 1807: Józeph Petzval (poster)
- 1841: Rudolf Sturm (poster)
- 1883: Francisco José Duarte (poster)
- 1926: Walter Hayman (poster)
- 1934: William Browder
Died:
- 1607: Guidobaldo del Monte (poster)
- 1689: Seth Ward (poster)
- 1826: John Farey (poster)
- 1886: Jean Claude Saint-Venant (poster)
- 1918: Georg Cantor (poster)
- 1920: Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen (poster)
- 1922: Jakob Rosanes (poster)
- 1930: Eduard Study (poster)
- 1953: Giovanni Vacca (poster)
- 1955: John Mackie
- 1997: Göran Borg
Quotation of the day
From Georg Cantor
My theory stands as firm as a rock; every arrow directed against it will quickly return to the archer. How do I know this? Because I have studied it from all sides for many years; because I have examined all objections which have ever been made against the infinite numbers; and above all because I have followed its roots, so to speak, to the first infallible cause of all created things.
