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Mathematicians Of The Day
20th May
On this day in 1608, the Dalmatian mathematician Marino Ghetaldi wrote to Christopher Clavius saying that with his latest parabolic mirror:-
... the sun melts not only lead, but silver.The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1995.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1861: Henry White Ⓟ
- 1870: Robert de Montessus Ⓟ
- 1874: Friedrich Hartogs Ⓟ
- 1901: Machgielis Euwe Ⓟ
- 1908: Hannes Alfvén Ⓟ
- 1946: George Lusztig Ⓟ
- 1951: Jonathan Borwein Ⓟ
Died:
- 1677: John Kersey Ⓟ
- 1782: William Emerson Ⓟ
- 1798: Erland Bring Ⓟ
- 1943: Henry White Ⓟ
- 1975: Jacy Monteiro Ⓟ
- 2010: Walter Rudin Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From William Emerson
Beware of the man who will not engage in idle conversation; he is planning to steal your walking stick or water your stock.
