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||George Elbert Kimball (d. December 6, 1967) was an American professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. | ||George Elbert Kimball (d. December 6, 1967) was an American professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. | ||
||Joseph L. Walsh (d. December 6, 1973) was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the field of analysis. The Walsh function and the Walsh–Hadamard code are named after him. The Grace–Walsh–Szegő coincidence theorem is important in the study of the location of the zeros of multivariate polynomials. Pic. | |||
||1980 – Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911) | ||1980 – Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911) | ||
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1586: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi born. He will publish works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.
1607: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and counteract geometry solvent.
1788: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute dies. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse, and constructed a group of catalogs for the stars.
1959: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt dies. He made important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.
2005: Chemist, composer, and crime-fighter George Brecht uses conceptual art to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.