Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Solomon Lefschetz
Born: September 3, 1884
Died: October 5, 1972 (aged 88)
Bio: Solomon Lefschetz was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear ordinary differential equations.
Known for:
- Introduction to Topology (1949)
- Differential equations (1957)
- Algebraic geometry (1953)
- Stability of nonlinear control systems (1965)
- Topics in Topology (1942)