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||Lester Randolph Ford Jr. (d. February 26, 2017) was an American mathematician specializing in network flow problems. | |||
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1638: Mathematician and linguist Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac dies. He was the earliest writer who discussed the solution of indeterminate equations by means of continued fractions. He also did work in number theory and found a method of constructing magic squares.
1648: Niels Steensen uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to locate fossils.
1963: Brainiac Explains lecture series nominated for Manhattan Project award.
2005: Computer scientist Jef Raskin dies. He was a human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project for Apple in the late 1970s.
2012: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.