Mathematicians Of The Day
31st May
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Born:
- 1861: William Peddie Ⓟ
- 1903: Alan Broadbent Ⓟ
- 1907: Hermann Arthur Jahn Ⓟ
- 1910: Nikolai Vladimirovich Efimov Ⓟ
- 1926: John Kemeny Ⓟ
Died:
- 1832: Évariste Galois Ⓟ
- 1841: George Green
- 1907: Francesco Siacci Ⓟ
- 1931: Eugène Cosserat Ⓟ
- 1991: Robert Schlapp Ⓟ
- 1992: Marian Țarină Ⓟ
- 1998: Michio Suzuki Ⓟ
- 2000: Erich Kähler Ⓟ
- 2008: Detlef Gromoll Ⓟ
- 2019: Margaret Rayner Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Évariste Galois
Unfortunately what is little recognized is that the most worthwhile scientific books are those in which the author clearly indicates what he does not know; for an author most hurts his readers by concealing difficulties.