Mathematicians Of The Day
5th December
On this day in 1947 Kurt Gödel had his examination to become a United States citizen. Being the diligent individual that he was, he studied the constitution carefully beforehand and felt that he had found a contradiction. On the way to the hearing Einstein and Oskar Morgenstern tried to keep his mind on other issues, but when the judge called them into his chambers (so that he could meet Einstein) he asked Gödel if he had anything to say. It was only with considerable effort that his friends were able to change the subject when Gödel brought up the contradiction.
See THIS LINK.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2001.
See THIS LINK.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2001.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1788: Griffith Davies Ⓟ
- 1863: Paul Painlevé Ⓟ
- 1868: Arnold Sommerfeld Ⓟ
- 1873: Richard Fuchs Ⓟ
- 1878: Haroutune Dadourian Ⓟ
- 1895: Elbert Cox Ⓟ
- 1901: Werner Heisenberg Ⓟ
- 1904: Karl Maruhn Ⓟ
- 1909: Mark Aronovich Naimark Ⓟ
- 1937: Johannes Boersma
Died:
- 1708: Takakazu Seki Ⓟ
- 1770: James Stirling
- 1859: Louis Poinsot Ⓟ
- 1930: Alfred Barnard Basset Ⓟ
- 1959: Mary Winston Newson Ⓟ
- 1990: Ott-Heinrich Keller Ⓟ
- 1999: Nathan Jacobson Ⓟ
- 2005: Ambrose Rogers Ⓟ
- 2021: Jacques Tits Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Werner Heisenberg
Quantum theory provides us with a striking illustration of the fact that we can fully understand a connection though we can only speak of it in images and parables.