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Mathematicians Of The Day
2nd March
On this day in 1427, al-Kashi completed The Key to Arithmetic. The work was a major text intended to be used in teaching students in Samarkand, and in particular tried to give the necessary mathematics for those studying astronomy, surveying, architecture, accounting and trading.
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Born:
- 1759: Pietro Paoli
- 1836: Julius Weingarten Ⓟ
- 1862: Robert Allardice Ⓟ
- 1910: Charles Pisot Ⓟ
- 1912: Hugh Dowker Ⓟ
- 1947: Yuri Vladimirovich Matiyasevich Ⓟ
Died:
- 1885: Joseph Serret Ⓟ
- 1962: Charles de la Vallée Poussin Ⓟ
- 1978: Edward Begle Ⓟ
- 2009: Jacob T Schwartz Ⓟ
- 2020: Vera Pless Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Edward Begle
Mathematics education is much more complicated than you expected, even though you expected it to be more complicated than you expected.
