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Mathematicians Of The Day
25th December
Because of the difference between the Gregorian and the Julian calendars, in England, Christmas Day 1642 was celebrated on Newton's birthday. We have taken his birthday as 4th January 1643.
On this day in 1656 Huygens (who was a bachelor) spent Christmas Day making the first model of a pendulum clock.
See THIS LINK.
A (magic) Christmas card is at THIS LINK.
On this day in 1656 Huygens (who was a bachelor) spent Christmas Day making the first model of a pendulum clock.
See THIS LINK.
A (magic) Christmas card is at THIS LINK.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1883: Frances Chick Wood Ⓟ
- 1884: Sotero Prieto Ⓟ
- 1900: Antoni Zygmund Ⓟ
- 1901: Oene Bottema Ⓟ
- 1905: Gottfried Köthe Ⓟ
Died:
- 1921: Piers Bohl Ⓟ
- 1929: Percy MacMahon Ⓟ
- 1941: Theodor Molien Ⓟ
- 1944: Wilhelm Kutta Ⓟ
- 1981: Gheorghe Mihoc Ⓟ
- 1993: Kentaro Yano Ⓟ
- 2000: Willard Van Quine Ⓟ
- 2010: Gavin Brown Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Percy MacMahon
During a conversation with the writer in the last weeks of his life, Sylvester remarked as curious that notwithstanding he had always considered the bent of his mind to be rather analytical than geometrical, he found in nearly every case that the solution of an analytical problem turned upon some quite simple geometrical notion, and that he was never satisfied until he could present the argument in geometrical language.
