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Mathematicians Of The Day
22nd September
This day in 1792 was proposed by Jérôme Lalande as the first day of the French Revolutionary Calendar. By coincidence, it coincided with the autumn equinox.
Thus, the sun illuminated both poles simultaneously, and in succession the entire globe, on the same day that, for the first time, in all its purity, the flame of liberty, which must one day illuminate all mankind, shone on the French nation.See THIS LINK.
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Born:
- 1765: Paolo Ruffini Ⓟ
- 1769: Louis Puissant Ⓟ
- 1791: Michael Faraday Ⓟ
- 1822: William Oughter Lonie Ⓟ
- 1873: Dimitrie Pompeiu Ⓟ
- 1901: Friedrich Karl Schmidt Ⓟ
- 1907: Wilhelm Specht Ⓟ
Died:
- 1703: Vincenzo Viviani Ⓟ
- 1837: William Horner
- 1970: Vojtěch Jarník Ⓟ
- 1975: Enrico Bompiani Ⓟ
- 1979: Charles Ehresmann Ⓟ
- 2000: Aleksei Kostrikin Ⓟ
- 2005: Hans Samelson Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Michael Faraday
A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.
