MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
5th October
Born:
- 1732: Nevil Maskelyne (poster)
- 1781: Bernard Bolzano (poster)
- 1861: Thomas Heath (poster)
- 1898: Philip Franklin (poster)
- 1930: Reinhard Selten
- 1932: Hyman Bass
Died:
- 1565: Lodovico Ferrari
- 1761: Gabriele Manfredi (poster)
- 1777: Johann Segner (poster)
- 1906: Ludwig Boltzmann (poster)
- 1909: Irving Stringham (poster)
- 1972: Solomon Lefschetz (poster)
- 1985: Harald Cramér (poster)
- 1985: Karl Menger (poster)
- 1986: Jim Wilkinson
- 2009: Israil Gelfand (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Thomas Heath
[The works of Archimedes] are without exception, monuments of mathematical exposition; the gradual revelation of the plan of attack, the masterly ordering of the propositions, the stern elimination of everything not immediately relevant to the purpose, the finish of the whole, are so impressive in their perfection as to create a feeling akin to awe in the mind of the reader.
