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File:Johann Heinrich Lambert.jpg|link=Johann Heinrich Lambert (nonfiction)|1769: Polymath and crime-fighter [[Johann Heinrich Lambert (nonfiction)|Johann Heinrich Lambert]] discovers new type of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which convert map projections into optical projections. These projections will quickly find applications in [[scrying engine]] technology. | File:Johann Heinrich Lambert.jpg|link=Johann Heinrich Lambert (nonfiction)|1769: Polymath and crime-fighter [[Johann Heinrich Lambert (nonfiction)|Johann Heinrich Lambert]] discovers new type of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which convert map projections into optical projections. These projections will quickly find applications in [[scrying engine]] technology. | ||
||1801: Mikhail Ostrogradsky born ... mathematician and physicist. | ||1801: Mikhail Ostrogradsky born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic. | ||
||1844: Max Noether born ... mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He has been called "one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century". He was the father of Emmy Noether. Pic. | ||1844: Max Noether born ... mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He has been called "one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century". He was the father of Emmy Noether. Pic. | ||
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||1869: "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. | ||1869: "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. | ||
||1870: Georges Claude born ... chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting. | ||1870: Georges Claude born ... chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting. Pic. | ||
||1884: Hugo Schmeisser born ... weapons designer and engineer | ||1884: Hugo Schmeisser born ... weapons designer and engineer. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=hugo+schmeisser | ||
||1885: Viggo Brun born ... professor, mathematician and number theorist. In 1915, he introduced a new method, based on Legendre's version of the sieve of Eratosthenes, now known as the Brun sieve, which addresses additive problems such as Goldbach's conjecture and the twin prime conjecture. He used it to prove that there exist infinitely many integers n such that n and n+2 have at most nine prime factors, and that all large even integers are the sum of two numbers with at most nine prime factors. Pic. | ||1885: Viggo Brun born ... professor, mathematician and number theorist. In 1915, he introduced a new method, based on Legendre's version of the sieve of Eratosthenes, now known as the Brun sieve, which addresses additive problems such as Goldbach's conjecture and the twin prime conjecture. He used it to prove that there exist infinitely many integers n such that n and n+2 have at most nine prime factors, and that all large even integers are the sum of two numbers with at most nine prime factors. Pic. | ||
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1054: Composer, mathematician, and astronomer Hermann of Reichenau dies. He wrote a treatise on the science of music, several works on geometry and arithmetic, and astronomical treatises (including instructions for the construction of an astrolabe, at the time a very novel device in Western Europe).
1501: Gerolamo Cardano born. He will be one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance.
1624: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head uses Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1625: Mathematician and politician Johan de Witt born. He will derive the basic properties of quadratic forms, an important step in the field of linear algebra.
1769: Polymath and crime-fighter Johann Heinrich Lambert discovers new type of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert map projections into optical projections. These projections will quickly find applications in scrying engine technology.
1934: Writer and peace activist John Brunner born.
1937: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program.
1938: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann dies. He proved that any natural number greater than 1 can be written as the sum of not more than C prime numbers, where C is an effectively computable constant.
1999: Writer, editor, and actor George Plimpton publishes his account of personally committing math crimes "for the participatory journalistic experience."
2016: Spiral 2 voted Picture of the day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.