MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
16th May
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Born:
- 1718: Maria Agnesi Ⓟ
- 1814: Daniel da Silva Ⓟ
- 1821: Pafnuty Chebyshev Ⓟ
- 1878: Leon Lichtenstein Ⓟ
- 1909: Werner Romberg Ⓟ
- 1909: Hidegorô Nakano Ⓟ
- 1911: Eizens Arins Ⓟ
- 1911: Jack Todd Ⓟ
- 1934: Roy Kerr Ⓟ
Died:
- 1830: Joseph Fourier Ⓟ
- 1935: Hector Macdonald Ⓟ
- 1939: Sidney Luxton Loney Ⓟ
- 1943: Roberto Marcolongo Ⓟ
- 1983: Édouard Zeckendorf Ⓟ
- 1989: Ernst Mohr Ⓟ
- 2012: Hideo Tanaka Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Joseph Fourier
The differential equations of the propagation of heat express the most general conditions, and reduce the physical questions to problems of pure analysis, and this is the proper object of theory.
