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Mathematicians Of The Day
26th August
On this day in 1346, the English won a decisive victory over the French at Crécy. Thomas Bradwardine was in the invading force.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2010.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2010.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1728: Johann Heinrich Lambert Ⓟ
- 1856: Ida Metcalf Ⓟ
- 1875: Giuseppe Vitali Ⓟ
- 1899: Wolfgang Krull Ⓟ
- 1918: Katherine Johnson Ⓟ
- 1920: Richard Bellman Ⓟ
- 1921: Shimshon Amitsur Ⓟ
- 1924: Elena Moldovan Popoviciu Ⓟ
- 1951: Edward Witten Ⓟ
Died:
- 1349: Thomas Bradwardine Ⓟ
- 1572: Peter Ramus Ⓟ
- 1713: Denis Papin Ⓟ
- 1865: Johann Franz Encke Ⓟ
- 1961: Howard Percy Robertson Ⓟ
- 1962: David Kennedy Fraser
- 1973: James Paton
- 1977: Robert Schatten
- 1992: Daniel Gorenstein Ⓟ
- 2001: Béla Gyires Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Johann Heinrich Lambert
Proofs of the Euclidean [parallel] postulate can be developed to such an extent that apparently a mere trifle remains. But a careful analysis shows that in this seeming trifle lies the crux of the matter; usually it contains either the proposition that is being proved or a postulate equivalent to it.
