Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Shlomo Sternberg
Born: January 20, 1936
Died: August 23, 2024 (aged 88)
Bio: Shlomo Zvi Sternberg was an American mathematician known for his work in geometry, particularly symplectic geometry and Lie theory.
Known for:
- Group theory and physics (1994)
- Curvature in Mathematics and Physics (2012)
- Lectures on Differential Geometry (1961)
- Dynamical Systems (2010)
- Advanced Calculus (1968)