MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
3rd August
Born:
- 1835: Artemas Martin (poster)
- 1851: George FitzGerald (poster)
- 1890: Martha Betz Shapley
- 1914: Mark Kac (poster)
- 1926: Maurice Auslander
- 1943: Béla Bollobás
- 1945: George Saitoti
Died:
- 1914: Louis Couturat (poster)
- 1917: Georg Frobenius (poster)
- 1922: Matyáš Lerch (poster)
- 1959: Jakob Nielsen (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Mark Kac
To exist (in mathematics), said Henri Poincaré, is to be free from contradiction. But mere existence does not guarantee survival. To survive in mathematics requires a kind of vitality that cannot be described in purely logical terms.
