MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
19th January
Born:
- 1781: Giorgio Bidone *
- 1833: Alfred Clebsch *
- 1851: Emanuel Czuber *
- 1865: Hector Macdonald *
- 1877: William Gentle *
- 1879: Guido Fubini *
- 1908: Aleksandr G Kurosh *
- 1911: Garrett Birkhoff *
- 1912: Leonid Vital'evich Kantorovich *
- 1917: Graham Higman *
Died:
- 1930: Frank Ramsey *
- 1951: John Meiklejohn *
- 1954: Theodor Kaluza *
- 1982: Demetrios Magiros *
- 2007: Asger Aaboe *
Quotation of the day
From Frank Ramsey
Suppose a contradiction were to be found in the axioms of set theory. Do you seriously believe that a bridge would fall down?
