Mathematicians Of The Day

12th March



On this day in 1883, the first regular meeting of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society was held and George Chrystal had the honour of giving the first introductory address, the subject of which was Present Fields of Mathematical Research.
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The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1985.

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Quotation of the day

From Louis Mordell
All I remember about the examination is that there was a question on Sturm's theorem about equations, which I could not do then and cannot do now.
[said at age 80]