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||Charles Loewner (b. 29 May 1893) was an American mathematician. One of his central mathematical contributions is the proof of the Bieberbach conjecture in the first highly nontrivial case of the third coefficient. The technique he introduced, the Loewner differential equation, has had far-reaching implications in geometric function theory. Pic. | ||Charles Loewner (b. 29 May 1893) was an American mathematician. One of his central mathematical contributions is the proof of the Bieberbach conjecture in the first highly nontrivial case of the third coefficient. The technique he introduced, the Loewner differential equation, has had far-reaching implications in geometric function theory. Pic. | ||
||Gerrit Bol (b. May 29, 1906) was a Dutch mathematician, who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points. Pic. | |||
||George Szekeres (b. 29 May 1911) was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician. He will discover the Szekeres snark, a snark with 50 vertices and 75 edges. Pic. | ||George Szekeres (b. 29 May 1911) was a Hungarian–Australian mathematician. He will discover the Szekeres snark, a snark with 50 vertices and 75 edges. Pic. | ||
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1569: Astronomer Tycho Brahe uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to make improved astronomical observations.
1777: Physician and engineer John Mudge elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the same year was awarded the Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'.
1917: Politician John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, born.
Einstein's theory of general relativity.