Mathematicians Of The Day

11th August



On this day in 1835, George Airy began his 46-year reign as England's seventh Astronomer Royal.

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Quotation of the day

From Alonzo Church
I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue.