Karel Zahradnik
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Karel Zahradnik was a renowned Czech
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 mathematician
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 at the University of Zagreb
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. In his 23 years of productive activity in Zagreb
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 he wrote several significant scholarly works, mainly concerned with algebraic curves.

Further reading

  • Life and Work of Karel Zahradnik (1848–1916)
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