MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
10th March
Born:
- 1622: Johann Rahn
- 1748: John Playfair (poster)
- 1818: Joel E Hendricks (poster)
- 1864: William Osgood (poster)
- 1869: Benjamin Fedorovich Kagan (poster)
- 1872: Elizabeth Stephansen (poster)
- 1885: Karlis Zalts (poster)
- 1912: Frank Smithies (poster)
- 1922: Lazar Matveevich Gluskin (poster)
Died:
- 1825: Karl Mollweide
- 1921: Francis Upton (poster)
- 1948: Evgeny Evgenievich Slutsky (poster)
- 1981: Yaroslav Borisovich Lopatynsky (poster)
Quotation of the day
From William Osgood
The calculus is the greatest aid we have to the application of physical truth in the broadest sense of the word.
