MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
31st January
Born:
- 1715: Giovanni Fagnano
- 1841: Samuel Loyd (poster)
- 1886: Neville Watson (poster)
- 1896: Sof'ja Aleksandrovna Janovskaja (poster)
- 1914: Lev Arkad'evich Kaluznin
- 1928: Heinz Bauer
- 1945: Persi Diaconis
Died:
- 1632: Jost Bürgi (poster)
- 1862: Charles MacKenzie
- 1903: Norman Ferrers (poster)
- 1934: Duncan Sommerville (poster)
- 1973: Noel Slater
- 1976: Lloyd Williams (poster)
- 1980: Emanuel Sperner (poster)
- 2005: Lee Segel
- 2014: Stein Arild Stromme
Quotation of the day
From Persi Diaconis
The really unusual day would be one where nothing unusual happens.
