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Mathematicians Of The Day
19th June
On this day in 325, the Council of Nicaea opened. It decided the rules for computing the date of Easter: The first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox.
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Born:
- 1623: Blaise Pascal Ⓟ
- 1771: Joseph Gergonne Ⓟ
- 1851: James Taylor Ⓟ
- 1854: Hjalmar Mellin Ⓟ
- 1901: Raj Chandra Bose Ⓟ
- 1902: Wallace J Eckert Ⓟ
- 1907: Børge Jessen Ⓟ
- 1927: Frank Levin Ⓟ
- 1941: Derek Waller Ⓟ
Died:
- 1932: William Briggs Ⓟ
- 1945: Stefan Mazurkiewicz Ⓟ
- 2002: Zoltán Balogh Ⓟ
Quotation of the day
From Blaise Pascal
The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.
