Mathematicians Of The Day
15th August
On this day in 1956, the Australian Mathematical Society was founded.
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Born:
- 1795: Émile Léger
- 1863: Aleksei Krylov Ⓟ
- 1882: Jean Chazy Ⓟ
- 1886: Balfour Lockhart Ⓟ
- 1892: Louis de Broglie Ⓟ
- 1897: Sylvia Skan
- 1901: Petr Sergeevich Novikov Ⓟ
- 1905: Hermann Brück Ⓟ
- 1912: Carlo Miranda Ⓟ
- 1932: Marian Țarină Ⓟ
Died:
- 1758: Pierre Bouguer Ⓟ
- 1789: Jacob (II) Bernoulli Ⓟ
- 1798: Edward Waring Ⓟ
- 1922: Pierre Boutroux Ⓟ
- 1953: Ludwig Prandtl Ⓟ
- 1978: Viggo Brun Ⓟ
- 2002: Heinz Bauer Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Pierre Boutroux
Logic is invincible because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic.