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Mathematicians Of The Day
8th December
On this day in 1610, Thomas Harriot was the first to record sunspot observations.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2021.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 2021.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1508: Gemma Frisius Ⓟ
- 1594: Pierre Petit
- 1768: Li Rui
- 1865: Jacques Hadamard Ⓟ
- 1883: Ludwig Berwald Ⓟ
- 1892: Joseph Burchnall Ⓟ
- 1919: Julia Bowman Robinson Ⓟ
- 1919: Ian Sneddon Ⓟ
- 1948: Luis Caffarelli Ⓟ
Died:
- 1632: Albert Girard Ⓟ
- 1632: Philip van Lansberge Ⓟ
- 1864: George Boole Ⓟ
- 1894: Pafnuty Chebyshev Ⓟ
- 1896: John Wilson
- 1912: Samuel Saunder
- 1917: Arthur Downing Ⓟ
- 1955: Hermann Weyl Ⓟ
- 1961: Francesco Severi Ⓟ
- 1966: Arthur Coble Ⓟ
- 1973: Griffith Evans Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Hermann Weyl
Symmetry, as wide or narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty, and perfection.
