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The Kraków School of Mathematics and Astrology (Polish: krakowska szkoła matematyczna i astrologiczna) was an influential mid-to-late-15th-century group of mathematicians and astrologers at the University of Kraków (later Jagiellonian University).
Notable members

Jan of Głogów (1445–1507), author of widely recognized mathematical and astrological tracts
Marcin Biem (1470–1540), contributor to the Gregorian calendar
Marcin Bylica of Olkusz (1433–93), later court astrologer to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
Albert Brudzewski (1446–1495), teacher to notable scholars active at European universities
Marcin Król of Żurawica (1422–1460)
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), student at Kraków in 1491–95

See also

Kraków School of Mathematics
Polish School of Mathematics

References
Waltoś, Stanisław. "Tradycja i współczesność". Uniwersytet Jagielloński (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics

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