Mathematicians Of The Day
2nd September
On this day in 1752, the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Britain. The following day was declared to be 14th September and there were riots by people demanding "Give us back our eleven days!"
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1943.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1943.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1841: Hermann Laurent Ⓟ
- 1850: Alfred Pringsheim Ⓟ
- 1856: Wilhelm Meyer Ⓟ
- 1863: Edvard Phragmén Ⓟ
- 1878: Maurice Fréchet Ⓟ
- 1903: James Paton
- 1905: William Guthrie
- 1909: Deane Montgomery Ⓟ
- 1913: Israil Gelfand Ⓟ
- 1914: Walter Samuel McAfee Ⓟ
- 1918: Vincent McRae
- 1923: René Thom Ⓟ
Died:
- 1764: Nathaniel Bliss Ⓟ
- 1768: Antoine Deparcieux Ⓟ
- 1854: Pierre Laurent Ⓟ
- 1865: William Rowan Hamilton Ⓟ
- 1982: Frederick Bath Ⓟ
- 2002: Sheila Edmonds Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From William Rowan Hamilton
Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions. ... The mathematical quaternion partakes of both these elements; in technical language it may be said to be "time plus space", or "space plus time": and in this sense it has, or at least involves a reference to, four dimensions.
And how the One of Time, of Space the Three,
Might in the Chain of Symbols girdled be.