Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)

Farkas Gyula, or Julius Farkas (March 28, 1847, Sárosd, Fejér County - December 27, 1930, Pestszentlőrinc) was a Hungarian mathematician and physicist.

He attended the gymnasium at Győr (Raab), and studied law and philosophy at Budapest. After teaching in a secondary school at Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweissenburg), Farkas became in succession principal of the normal school at Pápa, privat-docent (1881) of mathematics at the University of Budapest, and professor of physics (1888) at Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca, Klausenburg). The Hungarian Academy of Science elected him corresponding member May 6, 1898.

Literary works

His principal writings are embodied in the reports of the Academy of Science of Paris (1878-1884)

• the "Archiv der Mathematik und Physik"
• the "Journal des Mathematiques"

His separately published works are:

• "Die Diatomische Dur-Scale", Budapest, 1870
• "Termeszettan Elemei" (Elements of Physics), ib. 1872

See also

• Farkas' lemma

External links

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer & Ludwig Venetianer (1901–1906). "Gyula Farkas". Jewish Encyclopedia. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=53&letter=F. 
• Farkas bio (English)