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.

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Quotation of the day

From John Arbuthnot
John looked ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter.
[Describing John Bull]
The History of John Bull