MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
13th August
Born:
- 1625: Erasmus Bartholin (poster)
- 1704: Alexis Fontaine
- 1819: George Stokes (poster)
- 1861: Cesare Burali-Forti (poster)
- 1887: Otton Nikodym (poster)
- 1909: Fabio Conforto (poster)
- 1933: Mikhail Moiseevich Lesokhin
- 1936: Graham Allan
Died:
- 1882: Stanley Jevons (poster)
- 1896: Philipp von Seidel
- 1910: Florence Nightingale (poster)
- 1956: Volodymyr Levytsky (poster)
- 1957: Carl Størmer (poster)
- 1959: Anders Wiman (poster)
- 1968: Øystein Ore (poster)
- 1968: Subbaramiah Minakshisundaram
- 2008: Henri Cartan (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Florence Nightingale
The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the art of Statistics that law in the social sphere can be ascertained and codified, and certain aspects of the character of God thereby revealed. The study of statistics is thus a religious service.
Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty