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Mathematicians Of The Day
23rd November
On this day in 1823, Janos Bolyai wrote to his father, I have made such wonderful discoveries that I am myself lost in astonishment. He was referring to his discovery of non-Euclidean geometry that was published in 1833.
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Born:
- 1616: John Wallis Ⓟ
- 1820: Isaac Todhunter Ⓟ
- 1853: George Halsted Ⓟ
- 1888: Louis Antoine Ⓟ
- 1917: Elizabeth Scott Ⓟ
- 1927: Carlos Benjamin de Lyra Ⓟ
- 1936: Argelia Velez-Rodriguez Ⓟ
Died:
- 1604: Francesco Barozzi Ⓟ
- 1817: James Glenie
- 1863: George Jerrard
- 1942: Stanisław Saks Ⓟ
- 1942: Stanisław Zaremba Ⓟ
- 1979: Colin Cherry Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Isaac Todhunter
Experimentation is unnecessary for the student. The student should be prepared to accept whatever the master told him.
