Mathematicians Of The Day
11th January
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Born:
- 1545: Guidobaldo del Monte Ⓟ
- 1707: Vincenzo Riccati Ⓟ
- 1734: Achille-Pierre Dionis du Séjour Ⓟ
- 1825: William Spottiswoode Ⓟ
- 1826: Giuseppe Battaglini Ⓟ
- 1837: Hugh MacColl Ⓟ
- 1845: Victor Bäcklund Ⓟ
- 1938: Fischer Sheffey Black Ⓟ
Died:
- 1757: Louis Castel
- 1903: Henry Watson Ⓟ
- 1929: Micaiah Hill Ⓟ
- 1941: Emanuel Lasker Ⓟ
- 1946: J Watt Butters Ⓟ
- 1947: Edward Ross
- 1949: Torsten Carleman Ⓟ
- 2002: Shanti Swarup Gupta Ⓟ
- 2014: Zoltán Dienes Ⓟ
- 2019: Michael Atiyah Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From William Spottiswoode
Conterminous with space and coeval with time is the kingdom of Mathematics; within this range her dominion is supreme; otherwise than according to her order nothing can exist, and nothing takes place in contradiction to her laws.
Presidential address to the British Association, Dublin 1878.