Quote of the day
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.
You may have to work for it, however.
Emil Artin
Born: March 3, 1898
Died: December 20, 1962 (aged 64)
Bio: Emil Artin was an Austrian mathematician. Artin was one of the leading mathematicians of the twentieth century. He is best known for his work on algebraic number theory, contributing largely to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions.
Known for:
- Galois theory (1942)
- The gamma function
- Algebra with Galois Theory
- Algebraic Numbers and Algebraic Functions (1950)
- Exposition by Emil Artin