Mathematicians Of The Day
3rd February
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Born:
- 1774: Karl Mollweide
- 1893: Gaston Julia Ⓟ
- 1898: Pavel Urysohn Ⓟ
- 1905: Arne Beurling Ⓟ
Died:
- 1737: Tommaso Ceva Ⓟ
- 1831: William Trail Ⓟ
- 1862: Jean-Baptiste Biot Ⓟ
- 1923: Adam Günther Ⓟ
- 1925: Oliver Heaviside Ⓟ
- 1929: Agner Erlang Ⓟ
- 1940: John Henry Michell Ⓟ
- 1943: Earle Raymond Hedrick Ⓟ
- 1956: Émile Borel Ⓟ
- 1964: Clarence Lewis Ⓟ
- 1969: Xiong Qinglai Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Oliver Heaviside
Why should I refuse a good dinner simply because I don't understand the digestive processes involved.
[reply when criticised for his daring use of operators before they could be justified formally.]