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The history of mathematics at the University of Vienna traces back to the founding year of the University of Vienna, As a part of the education in the Artistic Faculty, mathematics was, right from the beginning, an integral part of university life in Vienna. Among the most important mathematicians in that time were Johann von Gmunden, Georg von Peuerbach and in particular Johannes Müller von Königsberg, who later became known, and famous, under the name of his region of origin, Regiomontanus. He was perhaps the leading mathematician of his time. His trigonometric tables went along with Christopher Columbus on his trip to the "New World".

In the following period, until the end of the 17th century, several famous mathematicians worked at the University of Vienna. For instance, the "mathematical poet" Konrad Celtis, Johann Stabius who desigend the first (heart-shaped) area preserving map, and Paul Fabricius, one of the main universal scientists of

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