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||1924: Paul Moritz Cohn born ... Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1986-9, and author of many textbooks on algebra. His work was mostly in the area of algebra, especially non-commutative rings. Pic.
||1924: Paul Moritz Cohn born ... Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1986-9, and author of many textbooks on algebra. His work was mostly in the area of algebra, especially non-commutative rings. Pic.
File:Jerzy_Rozycki.jpg|link=Jerzy Różycki|1941: Mathematician and cryptologist [[Jerzy Różycki (nonfiction)|Jerzy Różycki]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which cause the Enigma machine to function as a primitive scrying engine.


||1952: Antonia Maury dies ... astronomer and astrophysicist. Pic.
||1952: Antonia Maury dies ... astronomer and astrophysicist. Pic.

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