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Mathematicians Of The Day
3rd July
On this day in 1822, Charles Babbage described his ideas for a difference engine to the Royal Society in London.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1820: Ernest de Jonquières Ⓟ
- 1866: Henry Baker Ⓟ
- 1897: Jesse Douglas Ⓟ
- 1908: Archibald Macintyre Ⓟ
- 1933: Frederick Justin Almgren Ⓟ
- 1934: William Parry Ⓟ
- 1934: Soraya Sherif
- 1945: Saharon Shelah Ⓟ
Died:
- 1788: François Jacquier Ⓟ
- 1970: Samuel Beatty Ⓟ
- 1984: Raimundo Chela Ⓟ
- 1991: Ernst Witt Ⓟ
- 1991: Lê Văn Thiêm Ⓟ
- 1999: Pelageia Polubarinova Kochina Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Henry Baker
[On the concept of group:]
... what a wealth, what a grandeur of thought may spring from what slight beginnings.
