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January 16th
| 1801 | Thomas Clausen, who factored the Fermat number F(6) = 2^(2^6) + 1 in 1854, thus providing another counterexample to a conjecture of Fermat, was born on this day. Euler had factored F(5) in 1732.
More information about: Thomas Clausen Fermat Numbers |
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| 1826 | Abel wrote Holmboe: "The divergent series are the invention of the devil."
More information about: Niels Abel Bernt Holmboe |
| 1831 | In an audience with the King of Sardinia, Cauchy answered five questions with "I expected Your Majesty would ask me this, so I have prepared to answer it." Then he took a memoir from his pocket and read it.
More information about: Augustin-Louis Cauchy |
| 1865 | Founding of the London Mathematical Society.
More information about: London Mathematical Society |
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