Mathematician:Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai

Mathematician

Hungarian mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry.

Father of János Bolyai.

Lifelong friend of Carl Friedrich Gauss from their years at university together.

Nationality

Hungarian

History

• Born: 9 February 1775 in Bolya (near Nagyszeben), Transylvania, Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania)
• Died: 20 November 1856 in Marosvásárhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Târgu-Mureş, Romania)

Theorems and Definitions

• Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem (independently of William Wallace and Karl Ludwig Gerwien) (also known as Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem)

Results named for Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai can be found here.

Publications

• 1832: Tentamen iuventutem studiosam in elementa matheosos introducendi

Also known as

Known as both Farkas Bolyai and Wolfgang Bolyai (the latter mainly in Germany)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive