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Mathematicians Of The Day
14th September
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Born:
- 1837: Nicolai Vasilievich Bugaev Ⓟ
- 1845: Charles Niven Ⓟ
- 1858: Henry Fine Ⓟ
- 1887: Simion Stoilow Ⓟ
- 1891: Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov Ⓟ
- 1906: Franz Rellich Ⓟ
- 1920: Alberto Calderón Ⓟ
- 1926: Hans-Joachim Bremermann Ⓟ
- 1936: Leone Burton Ⓟ
Died:
- 1638: Pierre Vernier
- 1712: Giovanni Cassini Ⓟ
- 1835: John Brinkley Ⓟ
- 1910: Jacob Lüroth Ⓟ
- 1912: Georg Landsberg Ⓟ
- 1916: Pierre Duhem Ⓟ
- 1925: Charles Tweedie
- 1932: Ernest Wilczynski Ⓟ
- 1959: James Mitchell Ⓟ
- 1973: Eleanor Pairman Ⓟ
- 1982: González Domínguez Ⓟ
- 1983: Bill Boone Ⓟ
- 2018: Branko Grünbaum Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Pierre Duhem
A theory of physics is not an explanation; it is a system of mathematical oppositions deduced from a small number of principles the aim of which is to represent as simply, as completely, and as exactly as possible, a group of experimental laws.
