Ágoston Scholtz

Ágoston Scholtz
Born	(1844-07-27)July 27, 1844 Kotterbach, Austro-hungarian empire; today Rudňany, Slovakia
Died	May 6, 1916(1916-05-06) (aged 71) Veszprém, Austro-hungarian empire; today Hungary
Alma mater	University of Vienna University of Berlin
Known for	Hunyadi–Scholtz theorem
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Budapest
Thesis	Some theorems on the whole form of hexagrammum mysticum  (1879)
Doctoral students	József Kürschák Frigyes Riesz Lipót Fejér

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

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. 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).

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.

Bibliography

• Szénássy, Barna; Bognár, János (1992). History of Mathematics in Hungary Until the 20th Century. Springer. ISBN 9783540554974. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |urlchapter= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Rodríguez Hernández, Laura Regina (2006). "Friedrich Riesz' Beiträge zur Herausbildung des modernen mathematischen Konzepts abstrakter Räume" (PDF). Doctoral Dissertation. University of Mainz. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ágoston Scholtz", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews