MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
20th December
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Born:
- 1494: Oronce Fine Ⓟ
- 1648: Tommaso Ceva Ⓟ
- 1838: Edwin Abbott Abbott Ⓟ
- 1843: Paul Tannery Ⓟ
- 1855: Thomas Craig Ⓟ
- 1875: Francesco Cantelli Ⓟ
Died:
- 1836: Martin Bartels Ⓟ
- 1916: George Thom Ⓟ
- 1931: Vaclav Jerabek
- 1944: Peter Comrie Ⓟ
- 1962: Emil Artin Ⓟ
- 1984: Max Deuring Ⓟ
- 1988: Elizabeth Scott Ⓟ
- 2005: Raoul Bott Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Edwin Abbott Abbott
Yet I exist in the hope that these memoirs ... may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimensions, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to be confined to limited Dimensionality.
