Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann

Lindemann also studied at Erlangen and at Munich.Returning to Germany Lindemann worked for his habilitation.Lindemann became professor at the University of Knigsberg in 1883.Lindemann's main work was in geometry and analysis.Physics was also an area of interest for Lindemann.Another research interest of Lindemann was the history of mathematics.Lindemann was one of the founders of the modern German educational system.Hilbert was Lindemann's doctoral student in Knigsberg.His mother was Emilie Crusius, the daughter of the headmaster of the Gymnasium.He began his studies in Gttingen in 1870 and there he was much influenced by Clebsch.