About Friedrich Prym
Lived 1841 – 1915 (aged 74). Friedrich Prym was a German mathematician and university teacher.
Friedrich Emil Fritz Prym (28 September 1841, Düren – 15 December 1915, Bonn) was a German mathematician who introduced Prym varieties and Prym differentials.
Prym completed his Ph.D. at the University of Berlin in 1863 with a thesis written under the direction of Ernst Kummer and Martin Ohm. In 1867 he started a Professor at the University of Würzburg, where he later became Dean, and then Rector in 1897–98.
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Who was Friedrich Prym?
German mathematician (1841–1915)
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Friedrich Prym was born on 28 September 1841 in Düren.
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Friedrich Prym died on 15 December 1915 in Bonn.
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Friedrich Prym was a mathematician and university teacher.
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