MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
3rd February
Born:
- 1774: Karl Mollweide
- 1893: Gaston Julia (poster)
- 1898: Pavel Urysohn (poster)
- 1905: Arne Beurling (poster)
Died:
- 1737: Tommaso Ceva (poster)
- 1831: William Trail (poster)
- 1862: Jean-Baptiste Biot (poster)
- 1923: Adam Günther (poster)
- 1925: Oliver Heaviside (poster)
- 1929: Agner Erlang (poster)
- 1940: John Henry Michell
- 1943: Earle Raymond Hedrick (poster)
- 1956: Émile Borel (poster)
- 1964: Clarence Lewis (poster)
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.]
