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Exner, KarlExner, Karl, b. Prague (Czech Republic), March 26, 1842, d. Vienna, Dec. 11, 1914, physicist; son of Franz Serafin Exner.; 1871-1874 teacher at the grammar school at Troppau; lived in Vienna from 1874-1894; from 1894 professor of mathematical physics at Innsbruck University; analysed among other things optical and geometrical problems. Works: Über das Funkeln der Sterne, 1881; Über eine Maschine zur Auflösung höherer Gleichungen, 1881; Vorlesungen über die Wellentheorie des Lichts, 2 vols., 1881/1887 (German version by E. Verdet). Literature: ÖBL.
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