Mathematicians Of The Day

30th March



On this day in 1796, the nineteen year old Gauss began his scientific diary with his construction of the regular 17-gon.
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A week later he would obtain his first proof of the quadratic reciprocity law.

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Quotation of the day

From Stefan Banach
Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.