MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
24th January
Born:
- 1798: Karl von Staudt *
- 1814: John Colenso *
- 1863: August Adler
- 1891: Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch *
- 1914: Vladimir Potapov *
- 1928: Donald Greenspan *
- 1931: Lars Hörmander *
Died:
- 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 Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch
A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.
