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Mathematicians Of The Day
7th January
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Born:
- 1859: Georges Humbert Ⓟ
- 1871: Émile Borel Ⓟ
- 1904: Gordon Whyburn Ⓟ
- 1907: Raymond Paley Ⓟ
- 1922: Leopoldo Nachbin Ⓟ
- 1937: Evgenii Yakovlevich Khruslov Ⓟ
Died:
- 1893: Josef Stefan Ⓟ
- 1935: Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshchersky Ⓟ
- 1955: Edward Kasner Ⓟ
- 1974: Charles Coulson Ⓟ
- 1974: Philip Stein Ⓟ
- 1989: Frank Adams Ⓟ
- 1995: Jack de Wet Ⓟ
- 1998: Richard Hamming Ⓟ
- 2010: Carlo Cercignani Ⓟ
- 2012: Herbert Wilf Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Richard Hamming
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes.
