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Mathematicians Of The Day
5th September
On this day in 1938 the Racial Laws were passed which excluded all those of Jewish background from universities and other institutions in Germany. Many mathematicians were affected by this.
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Born:
- 1667: Giovanni Saccheri
- 1725: Étienne Montucla Ⓟ
- 1896: Ivo Lah Ⓟ
- 1927: William Moser Ⓟ
- 1932: Donald Solitar Ⓟ
Died:
- 1575: Frederico Commandino Ⓟ
- 1906: Ludwig Boltzmann Ⓟ
- 1917: Marian Smoluchowski Ⓟ
- 1921: Alfonso Del Re
- 1959: Kazimierz Zarankiewicz Ⓟ
- 1972: Tadeusz Ważewski Ⓟ
- 1982: Edwin Beckenbach Ⓟ
- 1994: Shimshon Amitsur Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Ludwig Boltzmann
S = k log Ω
