Václav Hlavatý (27 January 1894 – 11 January 1969) was a noted Czech-Americanmathematician, who wrote on the theory of relativity and corresponded extensively with Albert Einstein on the subject.[1] In particular, Hlavatý solved some very difficult equations relating to Einstein's Unified field theory, which was featured in the news media as one of the great scientific achievements of 1953.[2] Einstein himself was reported to have said that if anyone could solve the equations it would be Professor Hlavatý, which proved to be the case.[3]
He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1928 in Bologna and in 1936 in Oslo.
In 1931 he married Olga Neumannova, and they had a daughter, Olga.[4]
Some publications
Articles
Hlavatý, V (1952). "The Elementary Basic Principles of the Unified Theory of Relativity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 38 (3): 243–247. Bibcode:1952PNAS...38..243H. doi:10.1073/pnas.38.3.243. PMC 1063539. PMID 16589086.
Hlavatý, V (1952). "The Einstein Connection of the Unified Theory of Relativity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 38 (5): 415–419. Bibcode:1952PNAS...38..415H. doi:10.1073/pnas.38.5.415. PMC 1063575. PMID 16589114.
Hlavatý, V (1952). "The Schrödinger Final Affine Field Laws". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 38 (12): 1052–1058. Bibcode:1952PNAS...38.1052H. doi:10.1073/pnas.38.12.1052. PMC 1063709. PMID 16589224.
Hlavatý, V (1953). "The Spinor Connection in the Unified Einstein Theory of Relativity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 39 (6): 501–506. Bibcode:1953PNAS...39..501H. doi:10.1073/pnas.39.6.501. PMC 1063813. PMID 16589296.
Hlavatý, V (1953). "Connections Between Einstein's Two Unified Theories of Relativity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 39 (6): 507–510. Bibcode:1953PNAS...39..507H. doi:10.1073/pnas.39.6.507. PMC 1063814. PMID 16589297.
Books
Hlavatý, V. (1939). Differentialgeometrie der Kurven und Flächen und Tensorrechnung. Groningen: Noordhoff.[8]
Hlavatý, V. (1953). Differential line geometry. Translated by H. Levy. Groningen: Noordhoff.[9]
Hlavatý, V. (1957). Geometry of Einstein's Unified Field Theory. Groningen: Noordhoff. Reprinted as ISBN 978-1-178-77017-9.
References
^Indiana University fast facts
^"Johns Hopkins Television Programs 1948–1960: Highlights of science for 1953". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
^ a bVáclav Hlavatý Czech biography, citing the New York Herald Tribune
^ a bwww.mff.cuni.cz Prof. Václav Hlavatý
^V. Hlavatý (1928) Mathematische Zeitschrift, Vol 28, No 1, Bemerkung zur Arbeit von Herrn T. Y. Thomas
^B. Hoffmann (ed.), Perspectives in Geometry and Relativity: Essays in Honor of Václav Hlavatý, Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1966.
^U.S. Library of Congress: The Czechs in America
^Ficken, F. A. (1940). "Review: Differentialgeometrie der Kurven und Flächen und Tensorrechnung by V. Hlavatý". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46: 597–598. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1940-07241-6.
^Schafer, Alice T. (1955). "Review: Differential line geometry by V. Hlavatý, trans. by H. Levy". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 61: 348–351. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1955-09939-7.