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Mathematicians Of The Day
30th July
On this day in 1859, Bernhard Riemann was appointed to the chair of mathematics at Göttingen following the death of Lejeune Dirichlet.
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Born:
- 1924: János Horváth
- 1928: Marion Walter Ⓟ
- 1934: Donald Ornstein Ⓟ
Died:
- 1762: William Braikenridge
- 1978: Robert Edward Bowen Ⓟ
- 1985: Julia Bowman Robinson Ⓟ
- 1993: Jeremiah Certaine
- 2016: András Hajnal Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Julia Bowman Robinson
Julia Robinson's Job Description:
Monday: Try to prove theorem Tuesday: Try to prove theorem Wednesday: Try to prove theorem Thursday: Try to prove theorem Friday: Theorem false
Elizabeth Scott in a tribute to Robinson,
