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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.
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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
It is impossible for a Die, with such determin'd force and direction, not to fall on such determin'd side, only I don't know the force and direction which makes it fall on such determin'd side, and therefore I call it Chance, which is nothing but the want of art ... .
