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Mathematicians Of The Day
2nd June
On this day in 1686, the publication of Newton's Principia was arranged in London at the Royal Society. The minutes of the meeting record that the astronomer Edmund Halley would "undertake the business of looking after it and printing it at his own charge."
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Born:
- 1867: John Dougall Ⓟ
- 1884: H T H Piaggio
- 1895: Tibor Radó Ⓟ
- 1916: Abraham Seidenberg Ⓟ
- 1932: Taira Honda Ⓟ
Died:
- 1929: Otto Schreier Ⓟ
- 1942: Andrew Forsyth Ⓟ
- 1943: Edward Van Vleck Ⓟ
- 1946: William Peddie Ⓟ
- 2000: Gerald Whitrow Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Edward Van Vleck
This new integral of Lebesgue is proving itself a wonderful tool. I might compare it with a modern Krupp gun, so easily does it penetrate barriers which were impregnable.
