Quote of the day
by Brian Hayes
Published 10 January 2006
In the fall of 1972 President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a sitting president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection.
—Hugo Rossi, Notices of the AMS, vol. 43, no. 10, Oct. 1996
Publication history
First publication: 10 January 2006
Converted to Eleventy framework: 22 April 2025
