MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
11th April
Born:
- 1894: Paul Finsler (poster)
- 1896: Robert Geary
- 1904: Philip Hall (poster)
- 1907: Henry Scheffé (poster)
- 1908: Brian Kuttner (poster)
- 1921: Leo Moser
- 1953: Andrew Wiles (poster)
Died:
- 1626: Marino Ghetaldi (poster)
- 1711: Louis Carré
- 1734: Thomas Fantet de Lagny (poster)
- 1908: Christian Adolph Mayer (poster)
- 1974: Abraham Robinson (poster)
- 1977: Mauro Picone (poster)
- 1989: Emil Grosswald
- 2020: John Conway (poster)
Quotation of the day
From John Conway
...You get surreal numbers by playing games. I used to feel guilty in Cambridge that I spent all day playing games, while I was supposed to be doing mathematics. Then, when I discovered surreal numbers, I realized that playing games IS mathematics.
