MacTutorMathematicians Of The Day
14th July
Born:
- 1905: Laurence Chisholm Young (poster)
- 1917: Patrick Moran
- 1937: David Hayes
- 1952: Emilio Cafaro
Died:
- 1800: Lorenzo Mascheroni (poster)
- 1827: Augustin Fresnel (poster)
- 1865: Benjamin Gompertz (poster)
- 1943: John McWhan
- 1953: Richard von Mises (poster)
- 1956: John Miller (poster)
- 1956: John Wishart (poster)
- 1967: Schieffelin Claytor
- 1972: Thomas Lancaster Wren (poster)
- 2016: John Carr
- 2017: Maryam Mirzakhani (poster)
Quotation of the day
From Richard von Mises
The unlimited extension of the validity of the exact sciences was a characteristic feature of the exaggerated rationalism of the eighteenth century" (in reference to Laplace).
Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty