Mathematicians who died on this day:
1881 : Carlyle
1977 : Oskar Klein
1997 : Almgren
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Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.
Sartor Resartus III.
Another quotation by one of today's mathematicians
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