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File:Werner Fenchel.jpg|link=Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician and academic [[Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|Werner Fenchel]] born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming. | File:Werner Fenchel.jpg|link=Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician and academic [[Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|Werner Fenchel]] born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming. | ||
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1910: Havelock and [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]]. | File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]]. | ||
||Aryeh Dvoretzky (b. May 3, 1916) was a Russian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics. He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. Pic. | ||Aryeh Dvoretzky (b. May 3, 1916) was a Russian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics. He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. Pic. | ||
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1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
1890: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses radio waves to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.
1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.
1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
2018: Yellow Spiral declared Picture of the Day.