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.
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)