Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Shiing-Shen Chern
Born: October 26, 1911
Died: December 3, 2004 (aged 93)
Bio: Shiing-Shen Chern was a Chinese-American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to differential geometry and topology.
Known for:
- An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry (2000)
- Lectures on Differential Geometry (1999)
- Riemann-Finsler geometry
- Complex manifolds without potential theory (1967)
- A mathematician and his mathematical work (1996)