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Mathematicians Of The Day
24th January
On this day in 1851, Charles Dodgson started studying at Christ Church College, Oxford. He went on to become a Fellow and tutor at the College.
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Born:
- 1798: Karl von Staudt Ⓟ
- 1814: John Colenso Ⓟ
- 1863: August Adler Ⓟ
- 1891: Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch Ⓟ
- 1902: Oskar Morgenstern Ⓟ
- 1914: Vladimir Potapov Ⓟ
- 1927: Hans Schneider Ⓟ
- 1928: Donald Greenspan Ⓟ
- 1931: Lars Hörmander Ⓟ
- 1946: Jorge Ize Ⓟ
Died:
- 1921: Susan Cunningham Ⓟ
- 1930: Adolf Kneser Ⓟ
- 1935: Christian Juel Ⓟ
- 1955: P J Heawood Ⓟ
- 1964: Archibald Goldie
- 1981: Martha Betz Shapley Ⓟ
- 1982: Karol Borsuk Ⓟ
- 1992: Ernest Corominas Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Oskar Morgenstern
As far as the use of mathematics in economics is concerned, there is an abundance of
formulas where such are not needed. They are frequently introduced, one fears, in order to
show off. The more difficult the mathematical theorem, the more esoteric the name of the
mathematician quoted, the better.
