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.

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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.
Quoted in C B Boyer, A History of Mathematics (New York 1968)