Quote of the day
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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)