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||Hans Freudenthal (d. 13 October 1990) was a German-born Dutch mathematician. He made substantial contributions to algebraic topology and also took an interest in literature, philosophy, history and mathematics education. | ||Hans Freudenthal (d. 13 October 1990) was a German-born Dutch mathematician. He made substantial contributions to algebraic topology and also took an interest in literature, philosophy, history and mathematics education. | ||
||Olga Arsenievna Oleinik (d. 13 October 2001) was a Soviet mathematician who conducted pioneering work on the theory of partial differential equations, the theory of strongly inhomogeneous elastic media, and the mathematical theory of boundary layers. Pic. | |||
||2003 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) | ||2003 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) | ||
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1687: Astronomer, lens-maker, and academic Geminiano Montanari dies. He made the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness.
1688: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Christiaan Huygens statistical analysis and games of chance to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1715: Priest and philosopher Nicolas Malebranche dies. He was instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of René Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in France.
1773: The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.
1774: The Custodian prevents the Whirlpool Galaxy Gang from committing astronomical crimes against mathematical constants.
1989: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, experiences irrational fear of the number thirteen.