Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Charles Hermite
Born: December 24, 1822
Died: January 14, 1901 (aged 78)
Bio: Prof Charles Hermite FRS FRSE MIAS was a French mathematician who did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.







