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||Res Jost (d. 3 October 1990) was a Swiss theoretical physicist, who worked mainly in constructive quantum field theory.
||Res Jost (d. 3 October 1990) was a Swiss theoretical physicist, who worked mainly in constructive quantum field theory.


||2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916) best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
File:John Crank.jpg|link=John Crank (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician and physicist [[John Crank (nonfiction)|John Crank]] dies. He worked on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation resulted in the Crank–Nicolson method.


File:Robert F. Christy Los Alamos ID.png|link=Robert F. Christy (nonfiction)|2012: Physicist and astrophysicist [[Robert F. Christy (nonfiction)|Robert F. Christy]] dies.  He is generally credited with the insight that a solid sub-critical mass of plutonium could be explosively compressed into supercriticality, a great simplification of earlier concepts of implosion requiring hollow shells.  
File:Robert F. Christy Los Alamos ID.png|link=Robert F. Christy (nonfiction)|2012: Physicist and astrophysicist [[Robert F. Christy (nonfiction)|Robert F. Christy]] dies.  He is generally credited with the insight that a solid sub-critical mass of plutonium could be explosively compressed into supercriticality, a great simplification of earlier concepts of implosion requiring hollow shells.  

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  • 1881: Mathematician and religious leader Orson Pratt dies. As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt embraced the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.

    1881: Mathematician and religious leader Orson Pratt dies. As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt embraced the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.

  • 1882: Canterbury scrying engine reprogrammed to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

    1882: Canterbury scrying engine reprogrammed to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1930: Mathematician Robin Farquharson born. He will write an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting.

    1930: Mathematician Robin Farquharson born. He will write an influential analysis of voting systems in his doctoral thesis, later published as Theory of Voting.

  • 1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank dies. He worked on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation resulted in the Crank–Nicolson method.

    1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank dies. He worked on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation resulted in the Crank–Nicolson method.

  • 2012: Physicist and astrophysicist Robert F. Christy dies. He is generally credited with the insight that a solid sub-critical mass of plutonium could be explosively compressed into supercriticality, a great simplification of earlier concepts of implosion requiring hollow shells.

    2012: Physicist and astrophysicist Robert F. Christy dies. He is generally credited with the insight that a solid sub-critical mass of plutonium could be explosively compressed into supercriticality, a great simplification of earlier concepts of implosion requiring hollow shells.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Malady sells for three and a half million dollars at charity benefit auction for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2017: Signed first edition of Malady sells for three and a half million dollars at charity benefit auction for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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