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File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1522: Mathematician [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to prevent certain classes of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Pafnuty Chebyshev.jpg|link=Pafnuty Chebyshev (nonfiction)|1821: Mathematician and statistician [[Pafnuty Chebyshev (nonfiction)|Pafnuty Chebyshev]] born. He will prove Chebyshev's inequality (also called the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality), which guarantees that, for a wide class of probability distributions, no more than a certain fraction of values can be more than a certain distance from the mean.
File:Pierre de Fermat.jpg|link=Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|1629: Mathematician [[Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|Pierre de Fermat]] uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to attend lecture by [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]].
 
File:Maria Gaetana Agnesi.jpg|link=Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.
File:Joseph_Fourier.jpg|link=Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|1830: Mathematician and physicist [[Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|Joseph Fourier]] dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.
File:Joseph_Fourier.jpg|link=Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|1830: Mathematician and physicist [[Joseph Fourier (nonfiction)|Joseph Fourier]] dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1922: "Conspiracy theories of about [[crimes against mathematical constants]] amount to a hoax, a complete fraud."
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File:Orcagna scrying engine.jpg|link=Orcagna scrying engine|1888: The [[Orcagna scrying engine]] previews [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]]'s speech on alternating current technology.


1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894)
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1888: [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.


1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
File:Jacques-Louis Lions.jpg|link=Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|Jacques-Louis Lions]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
File:Cantor Parabola.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|2017: Math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]] wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."


1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
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1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
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  • 1821: Mathematician and statistician Pafnuty Chebyshev born. He will prove Chebyshev's inequality (also called the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality), which guarantees that, for a wide class of probability distributions, no more than a certain fraction of values can be more than a certain distance from the mean.

    1821: Mathematician and statistician Pafnuty Chebyshev born. He will prove Chebyshev's inequality (also called the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality), which guarantees that, for a wide class of probability distributions, no more than a certain fraction of values can be more than a certain distance from the mean.

  • 1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1888: The Orcagna scrying engine previews Nikola Tesla's speech on alternating current technology.

    1888: The Orcagna scrying engine previews Nikola Tesla's speech on alternating current technology.

  • 1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

    1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

  • 1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."

    2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."

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