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Mathematicians Of The Day
11th September
On this day in 1913, Henry F Baker, addressed the British Association for the Advancement of Science on The Place of Pure Mathematics.
See THIS LINK.
See THIS LINK.
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Born:
- 1798: Franz Neumann Ⓟ
- 1877: Luigi Brusotti Ⓟ
- 1877: James Jeans Ⓟ
- 1890: Euphemia Lofton Haynes Ⓟ
- 1916: Zoltán Dienes Ⓟ
- 1917: Kenkichi Iwasawa Ⓟ
- 1930: Vera Sós Ⓟ
Died:
- 1808: José Mutis Ⓟ
- 1843: Jean-Nicolas Nicollet Ⓟ
- 1861: Zacharias Dase Ⓟ
- 1890: Felice Casorati Ⓟ
- 1943: Oswald Teichmüller Ⓟ
- 1972: Johannes de Groot Ⓟ
- 1995: Margaret E Boyle Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From James Jeans
We may as well cut out the group theory. That is a subject that will never be of any use in physics.
