MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
24th September
On this day in 2017, Maryna Viazovska was given a Clay Research Award in recognition of her groundbreaking work on sphere-packing problems in eight and twenty-four dimensions. In particular, she proved that the lattice is an optimal solution in eight dimensions.
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Born:
- 1501: Girolamo Cardano Ⓟ
- 1625: Jan de Witt Ⓟ
- 1766: John Farey Ⓟ
- 1801: Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski Ⓟ
- 1844: Max Noether Ⓟ
- 1861: Robert Fricke
- 1862: Winifred Edgerton Merrill Ⓟ
- 1894: Werner Rogosinski Ⓟ
- 1896: Tadeusz Ważewski Ⓟ
- 1904: Evan (Ianto) Davies Ⓟ
- 1911: Menahem Schiffer Ⓟ
- 1923: Raoul Bott Ⓟ
Died:
- 1054: Hermann of Reichenau Ⓟ
- 1651: Étienne Pascal
- 1938: Lev Shnirelman Ⓟ
- 1967: Pauline Sperry Ⓟ
- 1989: Åke Pleijel Ⓟ
- 1999: Anneli Lax Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Raoul Bott
There are two ways to do great mathematics. The first is to be smarter than everybody else. The second way is to be stupider than everybody else -- but persistent.
