In the history of mathematics, Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka as Czech astronomist, physicist, mathematician and roman catholic priest (1780-1847).
Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka was born at Budišov nad Budišovkou in 1780. His recorded nationality is Austria. He studied at University of Vienna.
This was the age of analysis, when the calculus was pushed hard and its foundations were not yet secure.
His academic posts were held at University of Vienna and Charles University.
The recorded fields of work are education, natural science and christian church.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from Austria matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka died in 1847, aged 67. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Vienna and Charles University
- Fields: education, natural science and Christian Church
