Gyula Farkas (natural scientist)

Gyula Farkas
Born	March 28, 1847 Sárosd, Fejér County
Died	December 27, 1930 (aged 83) Pestszentlőrinc
Nationality	Hungarian
Fields	Mathematics Physics
Alma mater	University of Budapest
Known for	Farkas' lemma

Farkas Gyula, or Julius Farkas (March 28, 1847 – December 27, 1930) was a Hungarian mathematician and physicist.

He attended the gymnasium at Győr (Raab), and studied law and physics at Budapest. After teaching in a secondary school at Székesfehérvár (Stuhlweissenburg), Farkas became in succession principal of the normal school at Pápa, privat-docent (1881) of mathematics at the University of Budapest, and professor of physics (1888) at Franz Joseph University of Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca, Klausenburg). He worked here up to 1915, when he retired and moved to Budapest.

The Hungarian Academy of Science elected him corresponding member May 6, 1898. He has made contribution to linear algebra with Farkas' lemma, which is named after him for his derivation of it.

Literary works

His principal writings are embodied in the reports of the Academy of Science of Paris (1878–1884)

• the "Archiv der Mathematik und Physik"
• the "Journal des Mathematiques"

His separately published works are:

• "Die Diatomische Dur-Scale", Budapest, 1870
• "Természettan elemei" (Elements of Physics), ib. 1872

See also

• Farkas' lemma

External links

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer & Ludwig Venetianer (1901–1906). "Gyula Farkas". In Singer, Isidore; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
• Farkas bio (English)