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Mathematicians Of The Day

24th September

Born:

• 1501: Girolamo Cardano (poster)
• 1625: Jan de Witt (poster)
• 1766: John Farey (poster)
• 1801: Mikhail Vasilevich Ostrogradski (poster)
• 1844: Max Noether (poster)
• 1861: Robert Fricke
• 1862: Winifred Edgerton Merrill (poster)
• 1894: Werner Rogosinski (poster)
• 1896: Tadeusz Ważewski (poster)
• 1904: Evan (Ianto) Davies (poster)
• 1911: Menahem Schiffer (poster)
• 1923: Raoul Bott (poster)

Died:

• 1054: Hermann of Reichenau (poster)
• 1651: Étienne Pascal
• 1938: Lev Shnirelman (poster)
• 1967: Pauline Sperry (poster)
• 1989: Åke Pleijel
• 1999: Anneli Lax (poster)

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.