MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
12th January
Born:
- 1853: Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (poster)
- 1894: William Arthur (poster)
- 1906: Kurt Hirsch (poster)
- 1914: Emilio Baiada
- 1915: Herbert Robbins (poster)
- 1946: Jean-Louis Loday
Died:
- 1665: Pierre Fermat (poster)
- 1849: James Thomson (poster)
- 1909: Hermann Minkowski (poster)
- 1960: Pedro Puig Adam
- 1996: Bartel van der Waerden (poster)
- 2004: Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya
- 2018: Jean-Louis Koszul
Quotation of the day
From Pierre Fermat
And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.
