Bolyai Farkas Memorial Day
Bolyai Farkas (1775–1856)
Bolyai Farkas was a Transylvanian Hungarian mathematician, a teacher at the Reformed College of Târgu Mureș, and the father of Bolyai János, the founder of non-Euclidean geometry. He devoted his life to science and education, living and working in Târgu Mureș for more than five decades.
The school took the name of Bolyai Farkas in 1957, and since then the memorial day has been one of the institution's most important traditional events. The commemoration is held on the anniversary of Bolyai Farkas's death, around 20 February.
Tentamen (1832)
The first modern Hungarian mathematics textbook, with foundations built on a system of axioms.
Friendship with Gauss
The friendship they formed during his student years in Göttingen lasted a lifetime.
47 years of teaching
He taught at the college in Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely) for nearly half a century, from 1804 to 1851.
The school's namesake
The school has borne the name of Bolyai Farkas since 1957, in tribute to his legacy.
The memorial day programme
At the commemoration the school community (students, teachers and guests) comes together to remember the school's namesake.
A ceremony of remembrance in the ceremonial hall
Student presentations on the life and work of Bolyai Farkas
A mathematics contest for the school's students
Laying of wreaths at the Bolyai memorial plaque
A cultural programme of music and literary performances