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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and preventprevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.
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: 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.
2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."

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 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.
+||Leon Lichtenstein (b. 16 May 1878) was a Polish-German mathematician, who made contributions to the areas of differential equations, conformal mapping, and potential theory. He was also interested in theoretical physics, publishing research in hydrodynamics and astronomy.
 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.