Mathematicians Of The Day
30th December
On this day in 1902, Leonard Dickson married Susan Davis. Later, he said of his honeymoon: "It was a great success, except that I only got two research papers written."
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1981.
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Born:
- 1869: Emilie Martin Ⓟ
- 1888: Joseph Proudman Ⓟ
- 1897: StanisÅ‚aw Saks Ⓟ
- 1935: Rolando Chuaqui Ⓟ
- 1947: Georgia Benkart Ⓟ
Died:
- 1691: Robert Boyle Ⓟ
- 1932: Eliakim Moore Ⓟ
- 1947: Alfred North Whitehead Ⓟ
- 1956: Heinrich Scholz Ⓟ
- 1978: Mark Aronovich Naimark Ⓟ
- 1982: Philip Hall Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Alfred North Whitehead
We think in generalities, but we live in details.