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Gyula Strommer | |
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_at_Budapest_Technical_University_002.jpg) His bust at Budapest Technical University | |
| Born | (1920-05-08)8 May 1920 |
| Died | 28 June 1995(1995-06-28) (aged 75) |
| Citizenship | Hungarian |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
Gyula Strommer (8 May 1920 – 28 August 1995) was a Hungarian mathematician and astronomer.[1][2]
He discovered an asteroid,1537 Transylvania, on 27 August 1940. This was his first scientific success. From 1942, he was a teaching assistant at the Descriptive Geometry Department of theTechnical University of Budapest. In 1952, he became the head of the Descriptive Geometry Department. In 1972, he was appointed a university professor. Between 1981 and 1987, he was the dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
His research topics: the foundations of geometry,Bolyai-Lobachevsky geometry.
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