Heinrich Scherk Scientist

Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk (27 October 1798 – 4 October 1885) was a German mathematician notable for his work on minimal surfaces and the distribution of prime numbers. He is also notable as the doctoral advisor of Ernst Kummer.

Personal facts

Heinrich Scherk
Alias (AKA)Scherk Heinrich Ferdinand (full name)
Birth dateOctober 27, 1798
Birth place
Poznań , Kingdom of Prussia , Prussia
Nationality
German Empire
Date of deathOctober 04, 1885
Place of death
German Empire , Bremen
Residence
German Empire
Education
Humboldt University of Berlin
Known for
Prime number

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes
doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics

Heinrich Scherk on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=25484
  2. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Scherk.html
  3. http://www.mathematik.uni-halle.de/history/scherk/index.html