Václav Šimerka
Václav Šimerka , German Wenzel Simerka or Schimerka , (born December 20, 1819 in Hochwesseln , † December 26, 1887 in Praskačka near Königgrätz ), was a Bohemian mathematician , physicist , philosopher and priest .
Life
After attending grammar school in Jitschin , Václav Šimerka studied philosophy in Prague and theology in Königgrätz. In 1845 he was ordained a priest and then worked as a chaplain in Žlunice near Jičín. In 1852 he passed the mathematics teaching examination and then studied physics in Prague. He then worked as a supplement ( assistant teacher ) at the grammar school in Budweis . From 1862 he was pastor in Slatina near Žamberk and from 1886 pastor in Jenšovice near Vysoké Mýto . In addition, he continued to publish numerous works on philosophical topics, most of which had a scientific reference and were partly written in German. The results of his studies were partly incorporated into textbooks for school teaching.
Works
- The periods of the quadratic number forms with negative determinants (Prague, 1858)
- The solutions of two kinds of equations (Vienna, 1859)
- The trinary number forms and numerical values
- Přispěvky k neurčité analytice
- The rational triangles (Prague, 1869)
- Součty celých v lomené arithmetické posloupnosti
- Řetězové pravidlo u shod
- Jednočlenná perioda zbytků z mocnin bes předchozích členů ...
- Jednočlenná perioda zbytků z mocnin s pťechcházejícími členy
- Zbytky z arithmetické posloupnosti
- The power of conviction. A mathematical-philosophical attempt (Vienna, 1883)
- Steam boilers and steam engines and their maintenance (Pilsen, 1889)
literature
- M. Makariusová: Šimerka (Schimerka) Václav (Wenceslaus). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 276.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Šimerka, Wenzel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 314 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Biographical Lexicon for the History of the Bohemian Lands, Vol. 4, p. 70
Web links
- Literature and other media by and about Václav Šimerka in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Compact biography (Czech)
- Contemporary portrait drawing
- Entry in the Biographical Lexicon of the Bohemian Lands
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the Biographical Lexicon (see bibliography), Pražské Předměstí u Hradec Králové is given as the place of death .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Šimerka, Václav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simerka, Wenzel; Schimerka, Wenceslaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech mathematician, priest and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hochwesseln |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1887 |
| Place of death | Praskačka |