Ernst kummer biography
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Biography
Eduard Kummer's father, Carl Gotthelf Kummer was a physician.Ernst kummer biography
However he died when Eduard was only three years old and Eduard and his elder brother were brought up by their mother. Eduard received private coaching before entering the Gymnasium in Sorau when he was nine years old. In 1828 Kummer entered the University of Halle with the intention of studying Protestant theology.
Fortunately for the good of mathematics, Kummer received mathematics teaching as part of his degree, designed to provide a proper foundation to the study of philosophy.
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Kummer's mathematics lecturer H F Scherk inspired his interest in mathematics and Kummer soon was studying mathematics as his main subject, although at this stage he still saw it as leading to a later study of philosophy.
In 1831 Kummer was awarded a prize for a mathematical essay he wrote on a topic set by Scherk.
In the same year he was awarded his certificate to enable him to teach in schools and, on the strength of his prize