Mathematicians Of The Day

12th January



On this day in 1820, the Astronomical Society (it only became the "Royal Astronomical Society" somewhat later) was founded, when fourteen founder members, including Babbage and Herschel, met for dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2001.

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Quotation of the day

From Pierre Fermat
I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.