MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
7th April
Born:
- 1768: François Français
- 1823: Jules Hoüel *
- 1866: Ivar Fredholm *
- 1877: Carl Schoy *
- 1888: William Brash *
- 1897: Tatsujiro Shimizu *
- 1921: Chike Obi *
- 1923: Peter Hilton *
- 1926: Miroslav Fiedler *
Died:
- 1887: John Hymers *
- 1889: Paul du Bois-Reymond *
- 1933: Raymond Paley *
- 1934: Heinz Prüfer *
- 1986: Leonid Vital'evich Kantorovich *
- 2006: Zdzisław Pawlak *
- 2009: Leonard Gillman *
- 2014: J A Green *
Quotation of the day
From Peter Hilton
Computation involves going from a question to an answer. Mathematics involves going from an answer to a question.
