Mór Réthy (or Moritz Réthy) (1846–1925) was a Hungarian
mathematician.
Life and work
Réthy attended the Technical Universities of
Vienna and
Budapest; he graduated in Budapest in 1870. After two years teaching in the Modern Technical School of
Körmöcbánya
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Göttingen and
Heidelberg, where he studied under
Clebsch
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Schering and
Königsberger, obtaining his doctoral degree in Heidelberg in 1874.
In 1874 he was appointed extraordinary professor at the
university of Kolozsvár where he remained until 1886, serving also as head of mathematics department and dean of the faculty of sciences. In 1886 he began teaching in the Technical University of Budapest lecturing in geometry; but then his interest changed to
mathematical physics, lecturing in analytical mechanics and theoretical physics from 1892 until his retirement.
Réthy was member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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(1878), he was awarded an honorary degree from University of Heidelberg (1924). He received the Marczibányi Prize in 1904.
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He spread the work of the Bolyai father and son editing the ''Tentamen'' in two volumes in 1897 and 1904 and writing papers about it.
Réthy is remembered by his work on theoretical mechanics published mainly in Hungarian or German but translated to English in many cases.
left, 150px, Réthy's burial in Budapest
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