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Technische Universität Wien - Institut für Diskrete Mathematik und Geometrie, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Sammlung mathematischer Modelle
Collection of mathematical models

Museum or Collection Type:
Science & Technology
Institutional Type:
Collection: Research and Teaching

Subject:
Mathematics

Address:
Institut für Diskrete Mathematik und Geometrie, Forschungsgruppe Differentialgeometrie und Geometrische Strukturen, Technische Universität Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/104, A-1040 Wien

Opening Hours:
Guided tours by appointment

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Hellmuth Stachel
stachel@geometrie.tuwien.ac.at
Phone: (+43)-(0)1-58801/11320
Fax: (+43)-(0)1-58801/11399

Links:
Sammlung mathematischer Modelle
Technische Universität Wien - Institut für Diskrete Mathematik und Geometrie

Description:
The collection contains more than 200 historical mathematical models of the late 19th and early 20th century. These models - made of plaster, wires and carton - were used for research and teaching purposes, showing elementary until complex issues of many areas of mathematics, mostly geometry.