MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
20th December
Born:
- 1494: Oronce Fine (poster)
- 1648: Tommaso Ceva (poster)
- 1838: Edwin Abbott Abbott (poster)
- 1843: Paul Tannery (poster)
- 1855: Thomas Craig (poster)
- 1875: Francesco Cantelli (poster)
Died:
- 1836: Martin Bartels (poster)
- 1916: George Thom (poster)
- 1931: Vaclav Jerabek
- 1944: Peter Comrie (poster)
- 1962: Emil Artin (poster)
- 1984: Max Deuring (poster)
- 1988: Elizabeth Scott (poster)
- 2005: Raoul Bott (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Emil Artin
This skipping is another important point. It should be done whenever a proof seems too hard or whenever a theorem or a whole paragraph does not appeal to the reader. In most cases he will be able to go on and later he may return to the parts which he skipped.
