MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
22nd July
On this day in 1680, Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus was elected to the Paris Académie des Sciences.
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Born:
- 1755: Gaspard de Prony Ⓟ
- 1784: Wilhelm Bessel Ⓟ
- 1795: Gabriel Lamé Ⓟ
- 1861: Ernst Fiedler Ⓟ
- 1872: Alexander Durie Russell Ⓟ
- 1882: Konrad Knopp Ⓟ
- 1887: Gustav Hertz Ⓟ
- 1902: Reinhold Baer Ⓟ
- 1904: Donald Eperson Ⓟ
- 1907: Edgar Raymond Lorch Ⓟ
- 1926: John Aitchison Ⓟ
- 1930: Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar Ⓟ
- 1935: John Stallings Ⓟ
- 1948: Chandra Kintala Ⓟ
Died:
- 1575: Francesco Maurolico Ⓟ
- 1826: Giuseppe Piazzi Ⓟ
- 1943: William Osgood Ⓟ
- 1950: Vyacheslaw Vassilievich Stepanov Ⓟ
- 1959: David van Dantzig Ⓟ
- 1995: Otakar Boruvka Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From David van Dantzig
The mathematician may be compared to a designer of garments, who is utterly oblivious of the creatures whom his garments may fit. To be sure, his art originated in the necessity for clothing such creatures, but this was long ago; to this day a shape will occasionally appear which will fit into the garment as if the garment had been made for it. Then there is no end of surprise and delight.
