Emil Weyr and his stay in Italy in the year of 1870/71
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 1245.01003
author: Jindřich Bečvář
author: Martina Bečvářová
author: Jan Škoda
publication date: 2012-08-15T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: http://dml.cz/handle/10338.dmlcz/401194
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A55
zbMATH DE Number: 6066158
zbMATH Keywords: Emil Weyr
zbMATH Keywords: biography
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
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title: Emil Weyr and his stay in Italy in the year of 1870/71
published in: Dějiny Matematiky History of Mathematics
review text: This publication is devoted to life and work of Emil Weyr (1848-94), an outstanding Czech mathematician, who devoted himself especially to geometry (projective, descriptive, algebraic).NEWLINENEWLINE The first part of the book contains a detailed biography, a list of Weyr's publications, references to other works concerning Emil Weyr, and memoirs of Emil's son František.NEWLINENEWLINE The second part is a transcription of Weyr's diary written during his stay in Italy in the academic year 1870-71. Weyr describes his meetings with Italian mathematicians (Cremona, Casorati, Dini) and the atmosphere of the cities he visited, giving a colourful picture of Italy in the second half of the 19th century. Four letters written to Weyr's mother from Italy are also included.NEWLINENEWLINE The last part consists of reproductions of various of Weyr's handwritings, title pages of his works, and also photographs and engravings of places related to the Italian stay.NEWLINENEWLINE A biography of Emil's brother was published in the book [\textit{J. Bečvář}, ed., Eduard Weyr 1852--1903. (Czech), Dějiny Matematiky / History of Mathematics 2. Prague: Prometheus (1995; Zbl 1076.01508)].
reviewed by: Antonín Slavík
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6066158