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Mathematicians born on this day:
1825 : Vashchenko | Mathematicians who died on this day: |
| Mikhail Egorovich Vashchenko-Zakharchenko | John William Strutt | George Birkhoff |
| Theorem of the day from Robin Whitty | Mathematician of the week |
John W Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) (1842 - 1919)
Some proofs command assent. Others woo and charm the intellect. They evoke delight and an overpowering desire to say, "Amen, Amen".
Quoted in H E Hunter The Divine Proportion (New York 1970)
Another quotation by one of today's mathematicians
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http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Day_files/Day1112.html
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