In the history of mathematics, Jenő Hunyady is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Jenő Hunyady as Hungarian mathematician (1838-1889).
Jenő Hunyady was born at Pest in 1838. His recorded nationality is Hungary. He studied at University of Göttingen and Frederick William University Berlin.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from Hungary matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Jenő Hunyady died in 1889, aged 51. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Budapest University of Technology and Economics
