MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
6th January
Born:
- 1561: Thomas Fincke *
- 1655: Jacob Bernoulli *
- 1807: Józeph Petzval *
- 1841: Rudolf Sturm *
- 1883: Francisco José Duarte *
- 1926: Walter Hayman *
- 1934: William Browder *
Died:
- 1607: Guidobaldo del Monte *
- 1689: Seth Ward *
- 1826: John Farey *
- 1886: Jean Claude Saint-Venant *
- 1918: Georg Cantor *
- 1920: Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen *
- 1922: Jakob Rosanes *
- 1930: Eduard Study *
- 1943: James Wattie
- 1953: Giovanni Vacca *
- 1955: John Mackie
- 1997: Göran Borg
Quotation of the day
From Georg Cantor
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
