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Mathematicians Of The Day
29th December
On this day in 1566, part of Tycho Brahe's nose was cut off in a duel with another Danish nobleman. The dispute was over a point of mathematics. He had an artificial nose made from silver and gold.
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Born:
- 1256: Ibn al-Banna Ⓟ
- 1751: John Bonnycastle Ⓟ
- 1856: Thomas Stieltjes Ⓟ
- 1861: Kurt Hensel Ⓟ
- 1911: Klaus Fuchs Ⓟ
- 1923: Yvonne Bruhat Ⓟ
- 1939: Calixto Calderón Ⓟ
Died:
- 1720: Maria Winckelmann Ⓟ
- 1731: Brook Taylor Ⓟ
- 1737: Joseph Saurin
- 1758: Jean-Louis Calandrini Ⓟ
- 1891: Leopold Kronecker Ⓟ
- 1937: Louis N G Filon Ⓟ
- 1939: Kelly Miller Ⓟ
- 1941: Tullio Levi-Civita Ⓟ
- 1941: William James Macdonald
- 2014: John Frankland Rigby Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Leopold Kronecker
Number theorists are like lotus-eaters - having tasted this food they can never give it up.
