Ernst Kummer | |
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| Born | Ernst Eduard Kummer 29 January 1810 |
| Died | 14 May 1893 (aged 83) Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany |
| Nationality | Prussian |
| Alma mater | University of Halle (Ph.D., 1831) |
| Known for | Bessel functions, Kummer theory, Kummer surface, and other contributions |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Berlin University of Breslau Gewerbeinstitut Lomonosov University |
| Thesis | De cosinuum et sinuum potestatibus secundum cosinus et sinus arcuum multiplicium evolvendis (1831/1832) |
| 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 |
Ernst Eduard Kummer (29 January 1810 – 14 May 1893) was a German mathematician. Skilled in applied mathematics, Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics; afterwards, he taught for 10 years in a gymnasium, the German equivalent of high school, where he inspired the mathematical career of Leopold Kronecker.