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Mathematicians born on this day:
1747 : Aida |
Mathematicians who died on this day:
1891 : Kovalevskaya |
| Sofia Kovalevskaya | Richard Brauer |
Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850 - 1891)
Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination
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JOC/EFR October 2010
This page is a copy of the one at: |
School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland |
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Day_files/Day210.html
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