Ágoston Scholtz

Ágoston Scholtz (1844–1916) was an Hungarian mathematician, one of the founders of the Hungarian Mathematics and Physics Association.[1]

Ágoston Scholtz
Born(1844-07-27)July 27, 1844
Kotterbach, Austro-hungarian empire; today Rudňany, Slovakia
DiedMay 6, 1916(1916-05-06) (aged 71)
Veszprém, Austro-hungarian empire; today Hungary
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
University of Berlin
Known forHunyadi–Scholtz theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Budapest
ThesisSome theorems on the whole form of hexagrammum mysticum (1879)
Doctoral studentsJózsef Kürschák
Frigyes Riesz
Lipót Fejér

Life and work

Scholtz attended the schools of Igló (now Spišská Nová Ves), Rosenau (now Rožňava) and Löcse (now Levoča). After his secondary education he studied in the universities of Vienna and Berlin, graduating in 1865.[2] After teaching several years at secondary level, he obtained the university habilitation in 1879 and began his teaching in the Hungarian Royal University of Budapest (now Loránd Eötvös University).[3]

Scholtz's field of research was projective geometry and theory of determinants. He collaborated extensively with Jenő Hunyady, for this reason both names are associated with their results: Hunyadi–Scholtz determinant theorem and Hunyadi–Scholtz matrix.

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References
  1. Rodríguez Hernández 2006, p. 31.
  2. O'Connor & Robertson, MacTutor History of Mathematics.
  3. Szénássy & Bognár 1992, p. 348.

Bibliography
  • Szénássy, Barna; Bognár, János (1992). History of Mathematics in Hungary Until the 20th Century. Springer. ISBN 9783540554974.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rodríguez Hernández, Laura Regina (2006). "Friedrich Riesz' Beiträge zur Herausbildung des modernen mathematischen Konzepts abstrakter Räume" (PDF). Doctoral Dissertation. University of Mainz.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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