Mathematicians Of The Day
5th October
On this day in 1750, Maria Agnesi received a response from Pope Benedict XIV on the publication of her book, Instituzioni Analitiche. The pope sent her a gold medal, a wreath laid with precious stones and named her honorary professor at the University of Bologna.
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Born:
- 1732: Nevil Maskelyne Ⓟ
- 1781: Bernard Bolzano Ⓟ
- 1861: Thomas Heath Ⓟ
- 1898: Philip Franklin Ⓟ
- 1911: Pilar Ribeiro Ⓟ
- 1930: Reinhard Selten Ⓟ
- 1932: Hyman Bass Ⓟ
Died:
- 1565: Lodovico Ferrari
- 1761: Gabriele Manfredi Ⓟ
- 1777: Johann Segner Ⓟ
- 1909: Irving Stringham Ⓟ
- 1939: Alice Lee Ⓟ
- 1972: Solomon Lefschetz Ⓟ
- 1985: Harald Cramér Ⓟ
- 1985: Karl Menger Ⓟ
- 1986: Jim Wilkinson Ⓟ
- 2009: Israil Gelfand Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Thomas Heath
One feature which will probably most impress the mathematician accustomed to the rapidity and directness secured by the generality of modern methods is the deliberation with which Archimedes approaches the solution of any one of his main problems.