14th January

Mathematicians who were born or died on 14th January

Mathematicians born on this day:

1819 : Cockle
1902 : Tarski
1924 : Reizins

Mathematicians who died on this day:

1679 : Billy
1687 : Nicolaus Mercator
1742 : Halley
1753 : Berkeley
1814 : Bossut
1898 : Dodgson
1901 : Hermite
1905 : Abbe
1912 : Droz-Farny
1914 : Benjamin Osgood Peirce
1931 : Johnson
1970 : Feller
1978 : Gödel

Click here for a poster of Alfred Tarski and here for a poster of Charles Dodgson and here for a poster of Kurt Gödel

A quotation for today

Charles Dodgson (1832 - 1898)

"It's very good jam," said the Queen.
"Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate."
"You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday but never jam to-day."
"It must come sometimes to "jam to-day,""Alice objected.
"No it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day; to-day isn't any other day, you know."
"I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing."
Through the Looking Glass.

Another quotation by one of today's mathematicians

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