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Mathematicians Of The Day
23rd January
On this day in 1883 a letter was circulated by Cargill Knott, A J G Barclay and A Y Fraser proposing that the Edinburgh Mathematical Society be formed.
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Born:
- 1719: John Landen
- 1806: Ferdinand Minding Ⓟ
- 1840: Ernst Abbe Ⓟ
- 1854: Leopold Klug Ⓟ
- 1862: David Hilbert Ⓟ
- 1878: Edwin P Adams Ⓟ
- 1889: Anton Kazimirovich Suschkevich Ⓟ
- 1924: James Lighthill Ⓟ
Died:
- 1785: Matthew Stewart Ⓟ
- 1952: Jacov Il'ich Frenkel Ⓟ
- 1953: Kazimierz Żorawski Ⓟ
- 1987: Sergei Chernikov Ⓟ
- 1991: Ole Peder Arvesen Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From David Hilbert
The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality.
