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Mathematicians Of The Day
7th April
On this day in 1795, the French National Convention passed a law introducing the metric system, putting Legendre in charge of the transition to the new system.
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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 Ⓟ
- 1935: Graciela Salicrup Ⓟ
- 1959: Leopoldo Franca Ⓟ
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.
