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Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)
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Farkas Gyula, or Julius Farkas (March 28, 1847, Sárosd, Fejér megye - December 27, 1930, Pestszentlőrinc) was a Jewish 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 Klausenburg. The Hungarian Academy of Science elected him corresponding member May 6, 1898.
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
- This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Gyula Farkas" by Isidore Singer & Ludwig Venetianer, a publication now in the public domain.
- Farkas bio (English)
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