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Mathematicians Of The Day
18th April
On this day in 1831, Sophie Germain wrote a letter to her friend Libri which describes Galois' situation.
... the death of M. Fourier, have been too much for this student Galois who, in spite of his impertinence, showed signs of a clever disposition. All this has done so much that he has been expelled form École Normale. He is without money ... They say he will go completely mad. I fear this is true.
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Born:
- 1875: Ugo Amaldi Ⓟ
- 1889: Thomas Lancaster Wren Ⓟ
- 1892: Dmitrii Menshov Ⓟ
- 1901: Bento Caraça Ⓟ
- 1904: Stefan Warschawski Ⓟ
- 1907: Lars Ahlfors Ⓟ
- 1916: Ellis Kolchin Ⓟ
- 1918: Hsien C Wang Ⓟ
- 1928: Mikio Sato Ⓟ
- 1949: Charles Fefferman Ⓟ
Died:
- 1756: Jacques Cassini Ⓟ
- 1803: Louis Arbogast Ⓟ
- 1913: Pieter Hendrik Schoute Ⓟ
- 1943: William Metzler Ⓟ
- 1955: Albert Einstein Ⓟ
- 1961: Abraham Plessner Ⓟ
- 1999: Gian-Carlo Rota Ⓟ
- 2000: Mary Cannell Ⓟ
- 2009: Alberto Dou Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Albert Einstein
Before God we are all equally wise - equally foolish.
