Vályi was born in Marosvásárhely, the town of the famous mathematicians Farkas Bolyai and János Bolyai. He attended the Reformed College in Marosvásárhely . After graduating from school, he went to Kolozsvár, the capital of Transylvania, where he attended the Franz Joseph University.
After qualifying as a teacher of mathematics and physics Vályi was awarded a scholarship to allow him to study for two years at the University of Berlin, where the remarkable mathematics team of Kummer, Borchardt, Weierstrass and Kronecker were lecturing.
His doctoral dissertation was on the theory of partial differential equations of the second order. His thesis was published at Kolozsvár in 1880 and can be found to this day in the library of the Faculty of Mathematics of Babeș-Bolyai University. In 1881 he became a dozent at the University of Kolozsvár. Vályi was appointed professor of theoretical physics in 1884, and in 1885 he also became professor of mathematics lecturing on analysis, geometry and number theory. One of his favorite courses was concerned with János Bolyai's "Appendix". He was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1891.
He retired in 1911 because of his deteriorating eyesight. After Vályi retired he went to live with his brother Gábor (1844–1926), who was a professor of statistics at the same university, also retired by this time. Since 2007 this house has possessed a commemorative plaque in Romanian and one in Hungarian stating that this was the last dwelling of Gyula Vályi.
gyula, vályi, january, 1855, neumarkt, mieresch, austrian, empire, târgu, mureş, romania, october, 1913, kolozsvár, austria, hungary, cluj, napoca, romania, hungarian, mathematician, theoretical, physicist, member, hungarian, academy, sciences, known, work, ma. Gyula Valyi 5 January 1855 Neumarkt am Mieresch Austrian Empire now Targu Mures Romania 13 October 1913 Kolozsvar Austria Hungary now Cluj Napoca Romania was a Hungarian mathematician and theoretical physicist a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences known for his work on mathematical analysis geometry and number theory Gyula ValyiGyula ValyiBorn5 January 1855Neumarkt am Mieresch Austrian Empire today Targu Mureș Romania Died13 October 1913Kolozsvar Austria Hungary today Cluj Napoca Romania Alma materFranz Joseph UniversityKnown formathematical analysis geometry number theoryScientific careerFieldsMathematicsInstitutionsUniversity of KolozsvarLife and work EditValyi was born in Marosvasarhely the town of the famous mathematicians Farkas Bolyai and Janos Bolyai He attended the Reformed College in Marosvasarhely After graduating from school he went to Kolozsvar the capital of Transylvania where he attended the Franz Joseph University After qualifying as a teacher of mathematics and physics Valyi was awarded a scholarship to allow him to study for two years at the University of Berlin where the remarkable mathematics team of Kummer Borchardt Weierstrass and Kronecker were lecturing His doctoral dissertation was on the theory of partial differential equations of the second order His thesis was published at Kolozsvar in 1880 and can be found to this day in the library of the Faculty of Mathematics of Babeș Bolyai University In 1881 he became a dozent at the University of Kolozsvar Valyi was appointed professor of theoretical physics in 1884 and in 1885 he also became professor of mathematics lecturing on analysis geometry and number theory One of his favorite courses was concerned with Janos Bolyai s Appendix He was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1891 He retired in 1911 because of his deteriorating eyesight After Valyi retired he went to live with his brother Gabor 1844 1926 who was a professor of statistics at the same university also retired by this time Since 2007 this house has possessed a commemorative plaque in Romanian and one in Hungarian stating that this was the last dwelling of Gyula Valyi External links EditValyi Gyula Mathematical Association English biography Hungarian biography Archived 2013 08 18 at the Wayback Machine Gyula Valyi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gyula Valyi amp oldid 1133145254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
