MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
26th September
Born:
- 1688: Willem 'sGravesande (poster)
- 1731: Gianfrancesco Malfatti (poster)
- 1854: Percy MacMahon (poster)
- 1891: Hans Reichenbach (poster)
- 1926: Brian Haselgrove
- 1927: Brian Griffiths (poster)
Died:
- 1766: Giulio Fagnano
- 1802: Georg Vega (poster)
- 1868: August Möbius (poster)
- 1877: Hermann Grassmann (poster)
- 1910: Thorvald Thiele (poster)
- 1976: Paul Turán (poster)
- 1979: K K Weatherhead
- 1990: Lothar Collatz (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Hans Reichenbach
If error is corrected whenever it is recognised, the path of error is the path of truth.
Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty