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- Title
Mathematical Tourists in Karlovy Vary.
- Authors
Slavík, Antonín; Veselý, Jiří
- Abstract
It is not exactly clear how Riemann reached Karlovy Vary; according to the letter, it seems that he took a train from Dresden to Teplice (Teplitz), from which he was planning a hike through the Krusné hory (Erzgebirge, Ore Mountains) to Karlovy Vary. It is well known under its German name, Karlsbad/Carlsbad, which means "Charles's Baths."[1] It was established by Charles IV (1316-1378), king of Bohemia and Holy Roman emperor (also the founder of the oldest university in Central Europe, Prague's Charles University). The biography [[14], pp. 123-125] contains a wealth of interesting information from Mittag-Leffler's correspondence:In Karlsbad they went on many excursions, and he praised the Bohemian landscape with the extensive network of paths through the mighty forests... One day when they visited the ancient fortress of Ellenbogen [Loket], which Swedish soldiers had captured during the Thirty Years' War, they noticed a deep-rooted hatred for Swedes, so they pretended to be from Iceland... In the streets of Karlsbad itself, Gösta was impressed by the luxury items for sale in all the elegant shops... He thought everything was quite expensive... He also pondered whether to have a winter coat made of heavy blue fabric, since the price in Karlsbad was 67 riksdaler. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz The most famous person in our list is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who visited Karlovy Vary several times.[4] From 1676, he served as court counselor and librarian in Hanover, but he was involved in a number of other projects.
- Subjects
KARLOVY Vary (Czech Republic); ANALYTIC number theory; SPA towns; THIRTY Years' War, 1618-1648; LOTKA-Volterra equations
- Publication
Mathematical Intelligencer, 2023, Vol 45, Issue 3, p266
- ISSN
0343-6993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00283-023-10297-z