MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
15th September
On this day in 1739 Leonard Euler wrote to Johann Bernoulli on the general treatment of the homogeneous linear differential equation with constant coefficients. Within a year Euler had completed this treatment.
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Born:
- 973: Al-Biruni Ⓟ
- 1852: Edward Bouchet Ⓟ
- 1883: Esteban Terradas Ⓟ
- 1886: Paul Lévy Ⓟ
- 1894: Oskar Klein Ⓟ
- 1901: Luigi Fantappiè Ⓟ
- 1923: Georg Kreisel Ⓟ
- 1926: Jean-Pierre Serre Ⓟ
Died:
- 1883: Joseph Plateau Ⓟ
- 1943: Andrew Jeffrey Gunion Barclay Ⓟ
- 1947: Annie Scott Dill Maunder Ⓟ
- 1978: William Guthrie
- 1998: Cândido Silva Dias Ⓟ
- 2003: Alexander Ivanovich Skopin Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Al-Biruni
Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. "The scholars" he answered , "are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science".
