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Hermann Karsten

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German mathematician

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According to Wikipedia, Hermann Karsten was a German physicist and mineralogist. He was the son of mineralogist Karl Johann Bernhard Karsten and a cousin to botanist Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten . He initially studied law at the University of Bonn, then switched to mathematics and sciences, receiving his doctorate from the University of Berlin with the dissertation De crystallographiae mathematicae problematibus nonnullis . Afterwards, he continued his education at the Königsberg Observatory as a student of astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel. In 1830 he obtained his habilitation in mathematics and mineralogy from the University of Rostock, where in 1836 he became a full professor of mathematics. At Rostock he gave lectures in astronomy, physics and mineralogy as well as classes on mathematical subjects.

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