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Mathematicians Of The Day
7th February
On this day in 1885, David Hilbert defended two propositions in a public disputation at the University of Königsberg. One of Hilbert's chosen propositions was on physics, the other on philosophy. This was the final stage of his doctorate, which was then duly awarded.
A (personally designed) stamp of one of today's mathematicians is at THIS LINK.
A (personally designed) stamp of one of today's mathematicians is at THIS LINK.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1816: Jean Frenet
- 1862: Marius Lacombe Ⓟ
- 1863: John Morrison
- 1865: Ernesto Pascal Ⓟ
- 1877: G H Hardy Ⓟ
- 1883: Eric Temple Bell Ⓟ
- 1897: Max Newman Ⓟ
- 1901: Ugo Morin Ⓟ
- 1905: René de Possel Ⓟ
- 1909: Kosaku Yosida Ⓟ
Died:
- 1880: Arthur Jules Morin Ⓟ
- 1901: Oscar Schlömilch Ⓟ
- 1912: Hermann Bleuler Ⓟ
- 1916: Charlotte Pengra Ⓟ
- 1948: Poul Heegaard Ⓟ
- 1969: Hans Rademacher Ⓟ
- 2003: Tadeusz Boleslaw Ślebarski Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From G H Hardy
Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. "Immortality" may be a silly word, but probably a mathematician has the best chance of whatever it may mean.
