Wilhelm Matzka and His Position in the Austro-Hungarian Mathematics

Abstract

As a teacher and scientist, Wilhelm Matzka (1798–1891) is significant for the history of mathematics and mathematical education at the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. With this article we want to present his interesting personality and to demonstrate that not only well-known mathematicians with global importance were participating in the shaping of this part of history, in particular with a view on the local significance.

Keywords

• Wilhelm Matzka
• Austro-Hungarian mathematics
• University of Prague
• determinant
• complex numbers