Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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)