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November 12th
| 1733 | Abraham de Moivre privately presented to some friends the normal distribution curve.
More information about: Abraham de Moivre Normal Distribution |
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| 1906 | William Thomson, by then Lord Kelvin, wrote, "The unique strength of Cambridge, as a place of experimental research, and as a leader in the advancement of Science generally, has depended greatly on the mathematical foundations given a large portion of all the undergraduates by the mathematical Tripos."
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| 1936 | Alan Turing's paper "On computable numbers," in which he introduced the "Turing machine," was published.
More information about: Alan Turing |
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