- Heinrich Scherk
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name = Heinrich Scherk
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caption = Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk
birth_date = birth date|1798|10|27|df=y
birth_place = Posen,Prussia
death_date = death date and age|1885|10|4|1798|10|27|df=y
death_place =Bremen ,German Empire
residence = (at death)
nationality = (at death)
field = Mathematician
work_institution =
Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Universität zu Kiel
alma_mater = Universität Berlin
doctoral_advisor =Friedrich Bessel Heinrich Brandes
doctoral_students =Ernst Kummer
known_for = Distribution of prime numbers
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footnotes =Heinrich Ferdinand Scherk (
27 October ,1798 –4 October 1885 ) was a German mathematician notable for his work onminimal surface s and the distribution ofprime number s. He is also notable as the doctoral advisor ofErnst Kummer .External links
*de icon [http://www.mathematik.uni-halle.de/history/scherk/index.html Biography of Scherk]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=25484 Scherk's math genealogy entry]
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Scherk.html MacTutor biography of Scherk]
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