Jenő Hunyady
The native form of this personal name is Hunyady Jenő. This article uses the Western name order.
| Jenő Hunyadi | |
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| Born |
April 28, 1838 Pest |
| Died | December 26, 1889 (aged 51) |
Jenő Hunyady (April 28, 1838, Pest – December 26, 1889, Budapest) was a Hungarian mathematician noted for his work on conic sections and linear algebra, specifically on determinants. He received his Ph.D. in Göttingen (1864). He worked at the University of Technology of Budapest.He was elected a corresponding member (1867), member (1883) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. From 1885 he actively participated in the informal meetings of what became later the Mathematical and Physical Society of Hungary.
References
- Hunyady Jenõ, Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
- Márton Sain: Matematikatörténeti ABC, Typotex, Budapest, 1993
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