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July 17th
| 1879 | Nature announced that Kempe had proved the Four Color Conjecture. A correct proof, based on Kempe's attempt, had to wait another century.
More information about: Alfred Kempe Four Color Theorem |
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| 1912 | Henri Poincare died in Paris, France. He founded the fields of algebraic topology and of analytic functions of several complex variables.
More information about: Jules Henri Poincare |
| 1935 | The Scottish Book's first entry. The first problem was entered into the large bound notebook that Banach brought to the Scottish Cafe in Lwow, Poland, for mathematicians to record research problems. Many of the problems offered prizes to the solver. They ranged from "5 small beers" to "100 grammes of caviar." This book has been translated into English and edited by R. D. Mauldin.
More information about: The Scottish Book |
| 1993 | Adolph Pavlovich Yushkevich, mathematician and historian of mathematics, died in Moscow, Russia.
More information about: Adolph Pavlovich Yushkevich |
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