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Mathematicians Of The Day
11th April
On this day in 1936, Konrad Zuse filed a patent for the automatic execution of calculations, a process he invented while working on what would become the Z-1, Germany's first computer. It was a mechanical rather than an electronic machine.
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Born:
- 1894: Paul Finsler Ⓟ
- 1896: Robert Geary Ⓟ
- 1904: Philip Hall Ⓟ
- 1904: González Domínguez Ⓟ
- 1905: Joseph Dennis Ⓟ
- 1907: Henry Scheffé Ⓟ
- 1908: Brian Kuttner Ⓟ
- 1908: Guacolda Lazzerini Ⓟ
- 1914: Dorothy Bernstein Ⓟ
- 1921: Leo Moser Ⓟ
- 1953: Andrew Wiles Ⓟ
Died:
- 1626: Marino Ghetaldi Ⓟ
- 1711: Louis Carré
- 1734: Thomas Fantet de Lagny Ⓟ
- 1908: Christian Adolph Mayer Ⓟ
- 1974: Abraham Robinson Ⓟ
- 1977: Mauro Picone Ⓟ
- 1989: Emil Grosswald Ⓟ
- 2015: Adelina Gutiérrez Moreno Ⓟ
- 2020: John Conway Ⓟ
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.
