Mathematicians Of The Day
3rd November
On this day in 1726, James Stirling was elected a fellow of the Royal Society after being proposed by Newton. In 1753 he resigned from the Royal Society as he could no longer afford the annual subscriptions.
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Born:
- 1867: Wilhelm Kutta Ⓟ
- 1878: Arthur Coble Ⓟ
- 1896: Raymond Wilder Ⓟ
- 1906: Carl Boyer Ⓟ
Died:
- 1643: Paul Guldin Ⓟ
- 1832: John Leslie Ⓟ
- 1911: George Chrystal Ⓟ
- 1918: Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov Ⓟ
- 1967: Alec Aitken Ⓟ
- 1972: Sigekatu Kuroda Ⓟ
- 1980: BronisÅ‚aw Knaster Ⓟ
- 2012: Vasilii Sergeevich Vladimirov Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John Leslie
The true business of the philosopher(scientist), though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascertain, arrange and condense the facts.