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Mathematicians Of The Day
13th March
On this day in 1781, William and Caroline Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
See THIS LINK.
See THIS LINK.
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Born:
- 1842: Joseph Boussinesq Ⓟ
- 1871: Jules Drach Ⓟ
- 1925: John Torrence Tate Ⓟ
- 1928: Paulo Ribenboim Ⓟ
Died:
- 1833: Daniel Hecht
- 1835: Annibale Giordano Ⓟ
- 1884: Siegfried Aronhold Ⓟ
- 1965: Corrado Gini Ⓟ
- 1987: Peter Henrici Ⓟ
- 2008: Chike Obi Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From John Torrence Tate
A good theorem lasts forever. Once proved, it will always stay proved, and other mathematicians are free to use it and build on it as they please, sometimes to great effect.
