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Mathematicians Of The Day
6th April
On this day in 1846, James Clerk Maxwell's paper On the description of oval curves, and those having a plurality of foci was read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. These ideas were not entirely new as Descartes had defined such curves before but the work was remarkable for a 14 year old.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1926.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1926.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1732: José Mutis Ⓟ
- 1749: Samuel Vince Ⓟ
- 1851: Guillaume Bigourdan Ⓟ
- 1875: Michele de Franchis Ⓟ
- 1934: Iossif Vladimirovich Ostrovskii Ⓟ
- 1956: María Esteban Ⓟ
Died:
- 1528: Albrecht Dürer Ⓟ
- 1829: Niels Abel Ⓟ
- 1938: Aurel Angelescu Ⓟ
- 1993: J C Burkill Ⓟ
- 2025: Victor Olunloyo Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Albrecht Dürer
Welcher aber ... durch die Geometria sein Ding beweist und die gründliche Wahrheit anzeigt, dem soll alle Welt glauben. Denn da ist man gefangen.
Whoever ... proves his point and demonstrates the prime truth geometrically should be believed by all the world, for there we are captured
