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||1872: Martin Ohm dies ... mathematician. He was the first to fully develop the theory of the exponential ab when both a and b are complex numbers in 1823. He is also often credited with introducing the name "golden section" (goldener Schnitt).
||1872: Martin Ohm dies ... mathematician. He was the first to fully develop the theory of the exponential ab when both a and b are complex numbers in 1823. He is also often credited with introducing the name "golden section" (goldener Schnitt).


||1874: Ernest Barnes born ... mathematician and theologian.
||1874: Ernest Barnes born ... mathematician and scientist who later became a liberal theologian and bishop. Pic.


File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses his punched card analyzer to track down and delete the criminal artificial intelligence [[Killer Poke]].
File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses his punched card analyzer to track down and delete the criminal artificial intelligence [[Killer Poke]].

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  • 1776: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain born. Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem will a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after.

    1776: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain born. Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem will a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after.

  • 1891: Inventor and crime-fighter Herman Hollerith uses his punched card analyzer to track down and delete the criminal artificial intelligence Killer Poke.

    1891: Inventor and crime-fighter Herman Hollerith uses his punched card analyzer to track down and delete the criminal artificial intelligence Killer Poke.

  • 1898: Mathematician and anthropologist William James Sidis born. He will become famous first for his precocity and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from public life.

    1898: Mathematician and anthropologist William James Sidis born. He will become famous first for his precocity and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from public life.

  • 1933: Ready Kilowatt performs in off-Broadway adaption of Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem.

    1933: Ready Kilowatt performs in off-Broadway adaption of Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem.

  • 1973: Mathematician Robin Farquharson dies. He wrote an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting.

    1973: Mathematician Robin Farquharson dies. He wrote an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting.

  • 1974: Mathematician and crime-fighter Yael Dowker uses measure theory, ergodic theory, and topological dynamics to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1974: Mathematician and crime-fighter Yael Dowker uses measure theory, ergodic theory, and topological dynamics to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2003: Steve Bellovin publishes Request for Comment 5314, subsequently known as the evil bit protocol, a humorous April Fool's Day proposal.

    2003: Steve Bellovin publishes Request for Comment 5314, subsequently known as the evil bit protocol, a humorous April Fool's Day proposal.

  • 2004: After collecting solar wind particles for 850 days, the Genesis ends its collection process. The Genesis return capsule will crash land in Utah on September 8, 2004, after a design flaw prevents the deployment of its drogue parachute.

    2004: After collecting solar wind particles for 850 days, the Genesis ends its collection process. The Genesis return capsule will crash land in Utah on September 8, 2004, after a design flaw prevents the deployment of its drogue parachute.

  • 2016: Chromatographic analysis of Eye Foot reveals "at leave five hundred and twelve" previously unknown shades of gray.

    2016: Chromatographic analysis of Eye Foot reveals "at leave five hundred and twelve" previously unknown shades of gray.

  • 2016: Mathematician Tan Lei dies. She specialized in complex dynamics and functions of complex numbers, making contributions to the study of the Mandelbrot set and Julia set.

    2016: Mathematician Tan Lei dies. She specialized in complex dynamics and functions of complex numbers, making contributions to the study of the Mandelbrot set and Julia set.

  • 2018: Math photographer Cantor Parabola attends Minicon 53, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 52 and 54.

    2018: Math photographer Cantor Parabola attends Minicon 53, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 52 and 54.

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