Mathematicians Of The Day
20th February
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Born:
- 1844: Ludwig Boltzmann Ⓟ
- 1860: Matyáš Lerch Ⓟ
- 1865: Charles Cailler Ⓟ
- 1921: Boris Trakhtenbrot Ⓟ
- 1929: Madan Lal Puri Ⓟ
- 1931: John Milnor Ⓟ
Died:
- 1762: Tobias Mayer Ⓟ
- 1778: Laura Bassi Ⓟ
- 1955: Arthur Lee Dixon Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ludwig Boltzmann
A mathematician will recognise Cauchy, Gauss, Jacobi or Helmholtz after reading a few pages, just as musicians recognise, from the first few bars, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.