Template:Selected anniversaries/May 16
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent certain classes of Crimes against mathematical constants.
1629: Mathematician Pierre de Fermat uses scrying engine techniques to attend lecture by Maria Gaetana Agnesi.
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.
1922: "Conspiracy theories of about crimes against mathematical constants amount to a hoax, a complete fraud."