Viktor Trkal
Encyclopedia
Viktor Trkal was an eminent Czech
physicist
and mathematician
who specialized in theoretical quantum physics. In 1919 Trkal was Paul Ehrenfest
's assistant in Leiden.
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
physicist
Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who specialized in theoretical quantum physics. In 1919 Trkal was Paul Ehrenfest
Paul Ehrenfest
Paul Ehrenfest was an Austrian and Dutch physicist, who made major contributions to the field of statistical mechanics and its relations with quantum mechanics, including the theory of phase transition and the Ehrenfest theorem.- Biography :Paul Ehrenfest was born and grew up in Vienna in a Jewish...
's assistant in Leiden.
Further reading
- Czechoslovak Journal of Physics Viktor Trkal, Beltrami fields, and Trkalian flows
- Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 70th Birthday of Professor Trkal