MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
11th March
Born:
- 1780: August Crelle *
- 1811: Urbain Le Verrier *
- 1822: Joseph Bertrand *
- 1832: Mary Everest Boole *
- 1853: Salvatore Pincherle *
- 1870: Louis Bachelier *
- 1888: William Berwick
- 1921: Frank Harary *
- 1921: Horst Tietz *
- 1933: Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh *
Died:
- 1849: Louis Richard
- 1895: Ernst Meissel *
- 1920: Julio Garavito *
- 1924: Helge von Koch *
- 1967: Walter Shewhart *
- 1974: Hidegorô Nakano *
Quotation of the day
From Joseph Bertrand
How dare we speak of the laws of chance? Is not chance the antithesis of all law?
