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.
Garrett Birkhoff
Born: January 19, 1911
Died: November 22, 1996 (aged 85)
Bio: Garrett Birkhoff was an American mathematician. He is best known for his work in lattice theory.
Known for:
- A survey of modern algebra (1941)
- Algebra (1967)
- A source book in classical analysis (1973)
- Lattice Theory (1940)
- Ordinary Differential Equations (1962)







