Mathematicians Of The Day
12th November
On this day in 1936, Alan Turing's paper "On computable numbers," in which he introduced the Turing machine, was published.
On this day in 2011 Google released a Hua Loo-Keng doodle.
On this day in 2011 Google released a Hua Loo-Keng doodle.
Click on Ⓟ for a poster.
Born:
- 1825: Mikhail Egorovich Vashchenko-Zakharchenko Ⓟ
- 1835: Charles Méray Ⓟ
- 1842: John William Strutt Ⓟ
- 1901: William Whyburn Ⓟ
- 1910: Hua Loo-Keng Ⓟ
- 1920: Georges Reeb Ⓟ
- 1927: Yutaka Taniyama Ⓟ
- 1928: Manuel Valdivia Ⓟ
- 1948: Gerard Murphy Ⓟ
- 1949: Martin Harvey
Died:
- 1944: George Birkhoff Ⓟ
- 2000: Wim Cohen Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John William Strutt
Some proofs command assent. Others woo and charm the intellect. They evoke delight and an overpowering desire to say, "Amen, Amen".