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Mathematicians Of The Day
27th February
On this day in 1919, Srinivasa Ramanujan left England to sail to India, arriving on 13 March. However his health was very poor and, despite medical treatment, he died there the following year.
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:
- 1547: Baha' al-Din al-Amili Ⓟ
- 1881: L E J Brouwer Ⓟ
- 1888: John Mackie
- 1903: Hans Rohrbach Ⓟ
- 1910: Joseph Doob Ⓟ
- 1942: Gavin Brown Ⓟ
- 1943: Steven Orszag Ⓟ
Died:
- 1735: John Arbuthnot Ⓟ
- 1915: Nikolay Sonin Ⓟ
- 1975: Hyman Levy Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John Arbuthnot
The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and Prejudice. Vice is Error, Confusion, and false Reasoning; and all Truth is more or less opposite to it. Besides, Mathematical Studies may serve for a pleasant Entertainment for those Hours which young Men are apt to throw away upon their Vices; the Delightfulness of them being such as to make Solitude not only easy, but desirable.
