Mathematicians Of The Day
9th March
On this day in 1736. Leonard Euler received a letter from the mayor of Danzig (now Gdansk in Poland) challenging him to solve the Königsburg Bridge Problem.
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Born:
- 1818: Ferdinand Joachimsthal Ⓟ
- 1840: Olaus Henrici Ⓟ
- 1852: Constantin Le Paige Ⓟ
- 1900: Howard Aiken Ⓟ
- 1948: Laszlo Lovász Ⓟ
Died:
- 1833: Jacques Français
- 1854: Robert Haldane Ⓟ
- 1866: Edmond Bour Ⓟ
- 1917: Agnes Baxter Ⓟ
- 1931: Ivan Śleszyński
- 1942: Robert Hardie
- 1942: Mikhail Krawtchouk Ⓟ
- 1955: Jean Chazy Ⓟ
- 1993: Max Zorn Ⓟ
- 1994: Paul Dubreil Ⓟ
- 1995: Ricardo Mañé Ⓟ
- 2021: John Polkinghorne Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Howard Aiken
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.