Emil Adalbert Müller (22 April 1861 – 1 September 1927) was an

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n mathematician.

Biography

Born in

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, he studied mathematics and physics at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

and

Vienna University of Technology TU Wien () is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. The university's teaching and research are focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties, and ...

. In 1898 he defended his dissertation (''Die Geometrie orientierter Kugeln nach Grassmann’schen Methoden'') at the

University of Königsberg The University of Königsberg () was the university of Königsberg in Duchy of Prussia, which was a fief of Poland. It was founded in 1544 as the world's second Protestant Reformation, Protestant academy (after the University of Marburg) by Duke A ...

with Wilhelm Franz Meyer. One year later he received his

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at the same university. Since 1902 he was professor for

descriptive geometry Descriptive geometry is the branch of geometry which allows the representation of three-dimensional objects in two dimensions by using a specific set of procedures. The resulting techniques are important for engineering, architecture, design an ...

at the Vienna University of Technology and founder of the Vienna school of descriptive geometry. He also served as dean and president (1912–13). In 1903 he founded the

Austrian Mathematical Society The Austrian Mathematical Society () is the national mathematical society of Austria and a member society of the European Mathematical Society. History The society was founded in 1903 by Ludwig Boltzmann, Gustav von Escherich, and Emil Müller ...

together with

Ludwig Boltzmann Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann ( ; ; 20 February 1844 – 5 September 1906) was an Austrian mathematician and Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist. His greatest achievements were the development of statistical mechanics and the statistical ex ...

and Gustav von Escherich. In 1904 Müller was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in Heidelberg. He was a member of the

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and the

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (), in short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Emil 1861 births 1927 deaths 20th-century Austrian mathematicians Academic staff of TU Wien Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary Rectors of universities in Austria-Hungary