1835 : Amringe
1859 : Heun
1892 : Rademacher
1900 : Ingham
1909 : Ulam
Mathematicians who died on this day:
1472 : Alberti
1717 : Ozanam
1998 : Cartwright
Click here for a poster of Stan Ulam and here for a poster of Leone Alberti
Stan Ulam (1909 - 1984)
Knowing what is big and what is small is more important than being able to solve partial differential equations.
Another quotation by one of today's mathematicians
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