Ernst Kummer

Ernst Kummer
Born	Ernst Eduard Kummer (1810-01-29)29 January 1810 Sorau, Prussia
Died	14 May 1893(1893-05-14) (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.