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Mathematicians Of The Day
23rd May
On this day in 1576, Tycho Brahe was given use of the island of Hven (now Ven in Sweden) for his astronomical observatory. He built two observatories: Uraniborg and Stjerneborg.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2008.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2008.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1606: Juan Caramuel Ⓟ
- 1884: Corrado Gini Ⓟ
- 1886: Luigi Amoroso Ⓟ
- 1887: Thoralf Skolem Ⓟ
- 1901: John Williamson
- 1903: William Prager Ⓟ
- 1914: Lipman Bers Ⓟ
- 1917: Edward Lorenz Ⓟ
- 1928: Ioan James Ⓟ
- 1936: John Howie Ⓟ
- 1940: Cora Sadosky Ⓟ
Died:
- 1691: Adrien Auzout Ⓟ
- 1857: Augustin-Louis Cauchy Ⓟ
- 1885: Thomas Clausen Ⓟ
- 1889: George-Henri Halphen Ⓟ
- 1895: Franz Neumann Ⓟ
- 2005: Umirzak Sultangazin Ⓟ
- 2014: Bronius Grigelionis Ⓟ
- 2015: John F Nash Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John F Nash
I would not dare to say that there is a direct relation between mathematics and madness, but there is no doubt that great mathematicians suffer from maniacal characteristics, delirium and symptoms of schizophrenia.
