Mathematicians Of The Day
30th December
On this day in 1902, Leonard Dickson married Susan Davis. Later, he said of his honeymoon: "It was a great success, except that I only got two research papers written."
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Born:
- 1869: Emilie Martin Ⓟ
- 1888: Joseph Proudman Ⓟ
- 1897: StanisÅ‚aw Saks Ⓟ
- 1935: Rolando Chuaqui Ⓟ
- 1947: Georgia Benkart Ⓟ
Died:
- 1691: Robert Boyle Ⓟ
- 1932: Eliakim Moore Ⓟ
- 1947: Alfred North Whitehead Ⓟ
- 1956: Heinrich Scholz Ⓟ
- 1978: Mark Aronovich Naimark Ⓟ
- 1982: Philip Hall Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Alfred North Whitehead
We think in generalities, but we live in details.