MAA on this day in Math

  1. The Marquis de Condorcet died under suspicious circumstances in a prison near Paris, France. He worked on calculus, probability, and philosophy of mathematics.

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  2. Tullio Levi-Civita born in Padua, Italy. His work in mathematical physics influenced Einstein.

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  3. Grace Chisholm Young died in Croydon, Surrey, England. After completing her doctorate in 1895 with Felix Klein, she embarked on a long career of joint mathematical research with her husband William Young, almost all of which was published in his name only.

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