Luis Octavio de Toledo
Luis Octavio de Toledo y Zulueta (born September 2, 1857 in Madrid , † February 18, 1934 ibid) was a Spanish mathematician. He was Professor of Analysis at the Complutense University Madrid (Universidad Central) in Madrid.
De Toledo studied at the University of Madrid (Universidad Central) and was then from 1888 teacher (professor) at a high school in León (Instituto de León). In 1890 he became professor of analytical geometry at the University of Seville, then in Saragossa and from 1898 professor of analysis in Madrid at the Universidad Central. In 1929 he retired.
In 1911 he was one of the founders of the Spanish Mathematical Society and in 1924 until his death its chairman and co-editor of its magazine (Revista de la Sociedad Matemática Espanola). Previously, he was President of the Mathematics Section in the Asociación española para el Progreso de las Ciencias. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain.
He was a representative of Spain in the International Commission on Mathematics Didactics, attended the International Congress of Mathematicians in Cambridge in 1912 and helped organize Albert Einstein's lecture series during his visit to Spain in 1923.
Fonts
- Elementos de la Teoría de la Formas, León 1889
- Tratado de Álgebra, 1905
- Tratado de Trigonometría rectilínea y esférica, 1905
- Elementos de Aritmética universal, 2 volumes 1900, 1916
- Elementos de Análisis Matemático, Volume 1: Introducción al estudio de las Funciones de variable compleja, 1907
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toledo, Luis Octavio de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Toledo y Zulueta, Luis Octavio de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1934 |
| Place of death | Madrid |