MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
20th February
Born:
- 1844: Ludwig Boltzmann (poster)
- 1860: Matyáš Lerch (poster)
- 1865: Charles Cailler
- 1921: Boris Trakhtenbrot
- 1929: Madan Lal Puri (poster)
- 1931: John Milnor (poster)
Died:
- 1762: Tobias Mayer (poster)
- 1778: Laura Bassi (poster)
- 1955: Arthur Lee Dixon (poster)
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.
