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||1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer born ... His original work was mainly concerned with optics and spectroscopy. In particular he carried out a classical redetermination of the speed of light by A. H. L. Fizeau's method (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus), introducing various improvements in the apparatus, which added greatly to the accuracy of the results. Pic. | ||1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer born ... His original work was mainly concerned with optics and spectroscopy. In particular he carried out a classical redetermination of the speed of light by A. H. L. Fizeau's method (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus), introducing various improvements in the apparatus, which added greatly to the accuracy of the results. Pic. | ||
||1805 Legendre introduced least squares. Gauss had them ten years earlier but had not published, so some controversy ensued. *VFR https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-6.html Pic. | ||1805: Legendre introduced least squares. Gauss had them ten years earlier but had not published, so some controversy ensued. *VFR https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-6.html Pic. | ||
||1815: Wilhelm Olbers, an amateur German astronomer who was a doctor by profession, discovered the periodic comet now named for him. https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-6.html Pic. | ||1815: Wilhelm Olbers, an amateur German astronomer who was a doctor by profession, discovered the periodic comet now named for him. https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-6.html Pic. | ||
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||1832: Gauss responds to his “old, unforgettable friend,” Farkas (Wolfgang) Bolyai, that he has been working on non-Euclidean geometry “in part already for 30–35 years.” In the same letter Gauss points out several flaws in Euclid. https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-6.html Pic. | ||1832: Gauss responds to his “old, unforgettable friend,” Farkas (Wolfgang) Bolyai, that he has been working on non-Euclidean geometry “in part already for 30–35 years.” In the same letter Gauss points out several flaws in Euclid. https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/03/on-this-day-in-math-march-6.html Pic. | ||
||1841: Marie Alfred Cornu born ... physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. | ||1838: John Stevens dies ... lawyer, engineer, and inventor who constructed the first U.S. steam locomotive, first steam-powered ferry, and first U.S. commercial ferry service from his estate in Hoboken. He was influential in the creation of U.S. patent law. Pic. | ||
||1841: Marie Alfred Cornu born ... physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. His work mainly concerned optics and spectroscopy. He carried out a classical redetermination of the speed of light by A. H. L. Fizeau's method (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus), introducing various improvements in the apparatus, which added greatly to the accuracy of the results. Pic. | |||
File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1846: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule. | File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1846: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule. | ||
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1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.
1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.
1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."
2018: Signed first edition of Green Sprouts used in high-energy literature experiments spontaneously develops artificial intelligence.
