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||Erik Ivar Fredholm (b. 7 April 1866) was a Swedish mathematician whose work on integral equations and operator theory foreshadowed the theory of Hilbert spaces. Pic. | ||Erik Ivar Fredholm (b. 7 April 1866) was a Swedish mathematician whose work on integral equations and operator theory foreshadowed the theory of Hilbert spaces. Pic. | ||
||1882: Hermann Pokorny born. He was a World War I Austro-Hungarian Army cryptologist whose work with Russian ciphers contributed substantially to Central Powers victories over Russia. Pic. | |||
File:Paul Du Bois-Reymond Heidelberg.jpg|link=Paul du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|1889: Mathematician [[Paul du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond]] dies. He worked on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics. | File:Paul Du Bois-Reymond Heidelberg.jpg|link=Paul du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|1889: Mathematician [[Paul du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond]] dies. He worked on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics. |
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1761: Mathematician, philosopher, and minister Thomas Bayes dies. He is remembered for having formulated a specific case of the theorem that bears his name: Bayes' theorem.
1789: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier uses early version of Fourier series analysis to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1811: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini born. He will become one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.
1833: Gem detective Niles Cartouchian works with Hasan Tahsini to recover stolen shipment of time crystals (nonfiction).
1889: Mathematician Paul David Gustav du Bois-Reymond dies. He worked on the theory of functions and in mathematical physics.
1899: Physicist and academic Petrus Leonardus Rijke dies. He explored the physics of electricity, and is known for the Rijke tube (which turns heat into sound, by creating a self-amplifying standing wave).