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Mathematicians Of The Day
13th December
On this day in 1907, Emmy Noether received her Ph.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Erlangen, for a dissertation on algebraic invariants directed by Paul Gordan.
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Born:
- 1724: Franz Aepinus Ⓟ
- 1887: George Pólya Ⓟ
- 1909: Walter R Talbot Ⓟ
- 1910: Charles Coulson Ⓟ
- 1921: David Gale Ⓟ
Died:
- 1048: Al-Biruni Ⓟ
- 1557: Tartaglia Ⓟ
- 1603: François Viète Ⓟ
- 1870: William Chauvenet Ⓟ
- 1921: Max Noether Ⓟ
- 1950: Abraham Wald Ⓟ
- 1997: Alexander Oppenheim Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Al-Biruni
[On the science and culture of the Hindus] I can only compare their astronomical and mathematical literature ... to a mixture of pearl shells and sour dates, or of costly crystals and common pebbles. Both kinds of things are equal in their eyes, since they cannot rise themselves to the methods of strictly scientific deduction.
