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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 Ⓟ
Died:
- 1528: Albrecht Dürer Ⓟ
- 1829: Niels Abel Ⓟ
- 1938: Aurel Angelescu Ⓟ
- 1993: J C Burkill Ⓟ
- 2025: Victor Olunloyo Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Niels Abel
It appears to me that if one wishes to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.
