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||Egon Sharpe Pearson, CBE FRS (d. 12 June 1980) was one of three children and the son of Karl Pearson and, like his father, a leading British statistician. | ||Egon Sharpe Pearson, CBE FRS (d. 12 June 1980) was one of three children and the son of Karl Pearson and, like his father, a leading British statistician. | ||
File:Arnold's cat map.png|link=Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|1981: [[Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|Arnold's cat map]] is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]]. | |||
||Hua Luogeng, or Hua Loo-gehng (d. 12 June 1985), was a Chinese mathematician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China. | ||Hua Luogeng, or Hua Loo-gehng (d. 12 June 1985), was a Chinese mathematician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China. | ||
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1577: Astronomer and mathematician Paul Guldin born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution.
1936: Data from Canterbury scrying engine used to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1937: Mathematician and academic Vladimir Arnold born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems.
1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program, although this is widely debated.
1981: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.