Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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.