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Mathematicians Of The Day
23rd April
On this day in 1827, William R Hamilton presented a paper on optics, Theory of systems of rays, to the Royal Irish Academy while still a 21 year-old undergraduate. It is in this paper that Hamilton introduced the characteristic function for optics.
On this day in 2014 Google released a Planck doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1950.
On this day in 2014 Google released a Planck doodle.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1950.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1628: Johann Hudde Ⓟ
- 1858: Max Planck Ⓟ
- 1907: Ilya Vekua Ⓟ
- 1908: Solomon Grigoryevich Mikhlin Ⓟ
- 1910: Sheila Scott Macintyre Ⓟ
- 1911: Felix Behrend
- 1914: Georgii Polozii Ⓟ
- 1923: Aleksei Alekseevich Dezin Ⓟ
Died:
- 1927: Wilhelm Ahrens
- 1985: Nora Calderwood
Quotation of the day
From Max Planck
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
