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Mathematicians Of The Day
4th October
On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial earth satellite. It circled the earth every 96 minutes in an elliptical orbit. Pravda noted that
... theoretical work by Nikolay Ivanovich Muskhelishvili has made a fundamental contribution to this great victory.
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Born:
- 1759: Louis Arbogast Ⓟ
- 1797: Félix Savary
- 1804: Wilhelm Weber Ⓟ
- 1874: Gheorghe Țițeica Ⓟ
- 1880: Alexander Merriles
- 1906: Mary Fasenmyer Ⓟ
- 1925: Renfrey Potts Ⓟ
- 1935: Hitoshi Kumano-Go Ⓟ
- 1936: Umirzak Sultangazin Ⓟ
Died:
- 1885: Heinrich Scherk Ⓟ
- 1918: Matteo Bottasso Ⓟ
- 1947: Max Planck Ⓟ
- 1954: Georg Hamel Ⓟ
- 1973: Hermann Kober Ⓟ
- 1974: Robert Lee Moore Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Max Planck
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
