Mathematics
- Ernst Zermelo axiomizes set theory, thus avoiding Cantor's contradictions.
- Josip Plemelj solves the Riemann problem about the existence of a differential equation with a given monodromic group and uses Sokhotsky-Plemelj formulae.
- Student's t-distribution published by William Sealy Gosset (anonymously).
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