On This Day ...
Important events from the history of math that happened on this day:
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March 6th
| 1805 | Legendre introduced least squares. Gauss had them ten years earlier but had not published, so some controversy ensued.
More information about: Adrien-Marie Legendre Carl Friedrich Gauss Least Squares |
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| 1866 | Ettore Bortolotti, historian of mathematics who revealed the importance of Toricelli's infinitesimal results and vindicated Cataldi's claim to the discovery of continued fractions, was born in Bologna, Italy, on this day.
More information about: Ettore Bortolotti Torricelli's Trumpet Continued Fractions |
| 1866 | Historian and philosopher of science William Whewell died in Cambridge, England, on this day.
More information about: William Whewell |
| 1939 | Ferdinand von Lindemann, who proved in 1882 that pi is transcendental, and hence that the circle cannot be squared, died in Munich, Germany, on this day.
More information about: Ferdinand von Lindemann |
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