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Mathematicians Of The Day
14th June
On this day in 1822, Charles Babbage read a paper to the London Astronomical Society entitled Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables. He announced the successful completion of his Difference engine, the forerunner of our modern computers.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1961.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1961.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1444: Nilakantha Ⓟ
- 1736: Charles Augustin Coulomb Ⓟ
- 1796: Nikolai Dmetrievich Brashman Ⓟ
- 1856: Andrei Andreyevich Markov Ⓟ
- 1860: Frank Carey Ⓟ
- 1868: Gilbert Walker Ⓟ
- 1903: Alonzo Church Ⓟ
- 1910: Fritz John Ⓟ
- 1913: Adriaan Cornelis Zaanen Ⓟ
- 1917: Atle Selberg Ⓟ
- 1935: Louise Szmir Hay Ⓟ
Died:
- 1746: Colin Maclaurin Ⓟ
- 1886: Jules Hoüel Ⓟ
- 1946: Federigo Enriques Ⓟ
- 1957: Theodoros Varopoulos Ⓟ
- 1969: Ottó Varga Ⓟ
- 2008: Yurii Alekseevich Mitropolskii Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Colin Maclaurin
The supposition of an infinitely little magnitude [is] too bold a Postulate for such a Science as Geometry.
