Mathematician:Gyula Kőnig

Gyula Kőnig (Hungarian name: Kőnig Gyula) was a Hungarian mathematician best known nowadays for his work in the embryonic field of set theory.

Was opposed to the work of Cantor and spent much effort trying to disprove his work.

He published under the name Julius König when he contributed to German publications, and this is the name he is best known by.

Father of Dénes Kőnig.

Nationality
Hungarian

History

 * Born: 16 Dec 1849, Györ, Hungary
 * Died: 8 April 1913, Budapest, Hungary

Theorems and Definitions

 * König's Theorem (Set Theory)

Books and Papers

 * 1870: Zur Theorie der Modulargleichungen der elliptischen Functionen (PhD thesis)
 * 1872: Ueber eine reale Abbildung der s.g. Nicht-Euclidischen Geometrie
 * 1903: Einleitung in die allgemeine Theorie der Algebraischen Groessen
 * 1905: Zum Kontinuum-Problem
 * 1905: Über die Grundlagen der Mengenlehre und das Kontinuumproblem
 * 1907: Über die Grundlagen der Mengenlehre und das Kontinuumproblem
 * 1914: Neue Grundlagen der Logik, Arithmetik und Mengenlehre (posthumous)