Education
Born in Lanškroun, he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna and Vienna University of Technology.
mathematician university professor
Born in Lanškroun, he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna and Vienna University of Technology.
One year later he received his habilitation at the same university. He also served as dean and president (1912-1913). In 1903 he founded the Austrian Mathematical Society together with Ludwig Boltzmann and Gustav von Escherich.
In 1898 he defended his dissertation (Die Geometrie orientierter Kugeln nach Grassmann’schen Methoden) at the University of Königsberg with Wilhelm Franz Meyer.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Austrian Academy of Sciences]
He was a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.