Today in Mathmatics History

Sub-Topics: Algebra - Mathematician

Historical Events

Events 1 - 3 of 3

1581-08-02 - Leiden University names Snellius math professor
1970-08-24 - Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
1993-06-21 - English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 9 of 9

1607-08-17 - Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins (Fermat's Last Theorem) [or 1608]
1667-05-26 - Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1685-08-18 - Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1783-12-19 - Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)
1798-01-24 - Karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)
1803-09-29 - Charles-Francois Sturm, French mathematician (Sturm's Theorem)
1829-08-23 - Moritz B Cantor, German math historian
1899-05-26 - Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian
1914-10-21 - Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 1 of 1

1864-04-29 - Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80


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