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Mathias Lerch (''Matyáš Lerch'', ) (20 February 1860, MilÃnov – 3 August 1922, SuÅ¡ice) was a
Mathias Lerch (''Matyáš Lerch'', ) (20 February 1860, MilÃnov – 3 August 1922, SuÅ¡ice) was a Czech
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mathematician
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who published about 250 papers, largely on mathematical analysis
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and number theory
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. He studied in Prague
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and Berlin
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, and held teaching positions at the Czech Technical Institute in Prague, the University of Fribourg
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in Switzerland
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, the Czech Technical Institute in Brno
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, and Masaryk University
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in Brno; he was the first mathematics professor at Masaryk University when it was founded in 1920.
In 1900, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the French Academy of Sciences for his number-theoretic work. The Lerch zeta function is named after him, as is the Appell–Lerch sum. His doctoral students include Michel Plancherel and Otakar Borůvka
Otakar Borůvka (10 May 1899 in Uherský Ostroh – 22 July 1995 in Brno) was a Czech mathematician best known today for his work in graph theory..
Education and career
Borůvka was born in Uherský Ostroh, a town in Moravia (then in Austri ...
.
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* 1860 births 1922 deaths Czech mathematicians Masaryk University faculty University of Fribourg faculty {{europe-mathematician-stub