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.

The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.

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Quotation of the day

From Ludwig Boltzmann
Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.
Quoted in D'A W Thompson On Growth and Form (Cambridge 1917)