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Mathematicians Of The Day
5th October
On this day in 1750, Maria Agnesi received a response from Pope Benedict XIV on the publication of her book, Instituzioni Analitiche. The pope sent her a gold medal, a wreath laid with precious stones and named her honorary professor at the University of Bologna.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1732: Nevil Maskelyne Ⓟ
- 1781: Bernard Bolzano Ⓟ
- 1861: Thomas Heath Ⓟ
- 1898: Philip Franklin Ⓟ
- 1911: Pilar Ribeiro Ⓟ
- 1930: Reinhard Selten Ⓟ
- 1932: Hyman Bass Ⓟ
Died:
- 1565: Lodovico Ferrari
- 1761: Gabriele Manfredi Ⓟ
- 1777: Johann Segner Ⓟ
- 1909: Irving Stringham Ⓟ
- 1939: Alice Lee Ⓟ
- 1972: Solomon Lefschetz Ⓟ
- 1977: Eugenio Togliatti Ⓟ
- 1985: Harald Cramér Ⓟ
- 1985: Karl Menger Ⓟ
- 1986: Jim Wilkinson Ⓟ
- 2009: Israil Gelfand Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Bernard Bolzano
My special pleasure in mathematics rested particularly on its purely speculative part.
