Ignatz Mühlwenzel
| Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
circa 1690 Eger |
| Died |
November 7, 1766 Wrocław |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
University of Prague, Czech Republic University of Breslau, Germany (now University of Wrocław, Poland) |
Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel (c. 1690 – 11 July 1766) was a Czech mathematician.
Life
Ignatz Heinrich Mühlwenzel (referred to in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich as Heinrich Mühlwenzel)[1] was a member of the Jesuit order and a professor of mathematics at the University of Prague. He was of minority German ethnics in western Czech border. He was a skilled optician who ground lenses for his own telescopes. Mühlwenzel is notable because his mathematical "descendants," which include Johann Radon, number more than 5800.[1][2]
In 1736 he published Fundamenta mathematica ex arithmetica, geometria et trigonometria.
References
- 1 2 Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Bd. 19, Wien 1868, p. 318 in deWikisource
- ↑ Mathematics Genealogy Project entry for Ignatz Mühlwenzel
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