MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
15th June
Born:
- 1640: Bernard Lamy (poster)
- 1884: William Watson (poster)
- 1894: Nikolai Chebotaryov (poster)
- 1906: Gordon Welchman (poster)
- 1933: Moshe Carmeli
Died:
- 1938: Hans Fitting
Quotation of the day
From Bernard Lamy
A discourse is beautiful when it is composed according to the Rules of Art; it is great when it is more than ordinary perspicuous; when there is not one equivocation; no sentence unintelligible; no expression ambiguous; when it is well-disposed, and the mind of the Reader led directly to the end of the design, without the remora or impediment of impertinent words. Such clearness like a Torch dispels all obscurity and makes every thing visible.
Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty