Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
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)