Ernst Kummer
Ernst Kummer
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a German mathematician. Skilled in applied mathematics, he trained German army officers in ballistics
Born
Ernst Eduard Kummer 29 January 1810 Sorau, Prussia
Died
14 May 1893 (aged 83) Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Nationality
Prussian
Known for
Bessel functions, Kummer theory, Kummer surface, and other contributions
Fields
Mathematician
Alma mater
University of Halle (Ph.D., 1831)
Institutions
University of Berlin University of Breslau Gewerbeinstitut Lomonosov University
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Heinrich Scherk
Doctoral students
Gotthold Eisenstein Georg Frobenius Lazarus Fuchs Wilhelm Killing Adolf Kneser Franz Mertens Hermann Schwarz Georg Cantor Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt Adolf Piltz Friedrich Prym
era
1800+
Thesis
De cosinuum et sinuum potestatibus secundum cosinus et sinus arcuum multiplicium evolvendis (1831/1832)