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File: | ||George Mohr - Jørgen Mohr (Latinised Georg(ius) Mohr; born 1 April 1640) was a Danish mathematician, known for being the first to prove the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, which states that any geometric construction which can be done with compass and straightedge can also be done with compasses alone. | ||
File:Sophie Germain.jpg|link=Sophie Germain (nonfiction)|1776: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Sophie Germain (nonfiction)|Sophie Germain]] born. Germain's work on Fermat's Last Theorem will provide a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after. | |||
File:William James Sidis 1914.jpg|link=William James Sidis (nonfiction)|1898: Mathematician and anthropologist [[William James Sidis (nonfiction)|William James Sidis]] born. Sidis will become famous first for his precocity and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from public life. | |||
File:Robin Farquharson.jpg|link=Robin Farquharson (nonfiction)|1973: Mathematician [[Robin Farquharson (nonfiction)|Robin Farquharson]] dies. Farquharson wrote an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as ''Theory of Voting''. | |||
File:RFC 3514 IP EVIL INTENT.jpg|link=Evil bit (nonfiction)|2003: Steve Bellovin publishes Request for Comment 5314, subsequently known as the [[Evil bit (nonfiction)|evil bit]] protocol, a humorous April Fool's Day proposal. | |||
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1776: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain born. Germain's work on Fermat's Last Theorem will provide a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after.
1898: Mathematician and anthropologist William James Sidis born. Sidis will become famous first for his precocity and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from public life.
1973: Mathematician Robin Farquharson dies. Farquharson wrote an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting.
2003: Steve Bellovin publishes Request for Comment 5314, subsequently known as the evil bit protocol, a humorous April Fool's Day proposal.