Emil Weyr
Encyclopedia
Emil Weyr was an Austria-Hungarian
mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry
.
Born in Prague
, Weyr attended the Czech Technical University in Prague
, where he was taught by Heinrich Durège and Otto Wilhelm Fiedler.
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
mathematician, known for his numerous publications on geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
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Born in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Weyr attended the Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic, and the oldest institute of technology in Central Europe....
, where he was taught by Heinrich Durège and Otto Wilhelm Fiedler.