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Mathematicians Of The Day
22nd January
On this day in 1839, John Herschel heard of Daguerre's work on photography from a casual remark in a letter written by Beaufort to Margaret his wife. Without knowing any details, Herschel was able to take photographs himself within a few days.
See THIS LINK.
On this day in 2019 Google released a Landau doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2010.
See THIS LINK.
On this day in 2019 Google released a Landau doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2010.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1592: Pierre Gassendi Ⓟ
- 1851: Edward Langley Ⓟ
- 1860: Robert Muirhead Ⓟ
- 1866: Gustav de Vries Ⓟ
- 1874: Leonard Dickson Ⓟ
- 1880: Frigyes Riesz Ⓟ
- 1885: John McWhan
- 1908: Lev Landau Ⓟ
- 1929: Volodymyr Petryshyn Ⓟ
Died:
- 1859: Joseph Raabe Ⓟ
- 1904: George Salmon Ⓟ
- 1921: Georges Humbert Ⓟ
- 1922: Camille Jordan Ⓟ
- 1936: V Ramaswami Aiyar Ⓟ
- 1951: Harald Bohr Ⓟ
- 1973: Izabela Abramowicz Ⓟ
- 1975: Paul Montel Ⓟ
- 1987: Patrick Du Val Ⓟ
- 1989: Sydney Goldstein Ⓟ
- 1990: Bill Ferrar Ⓟ
- 2005: Carlo Federici Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Leonard Dickson
Thank God that number theory is unsullied by any application.
