Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Herbert Wilf
Born: June 13, 1931
Died: January 7, 2012 (aged 80)
Bio: Herbert Saul Wilf was a mathematician, specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. He was the Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics in Combinatorial Analysis and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote numerous books and research papers.
Known for:
- Generatingfunctionology (1990)
- Algorithms and complexity (1986)