Marie Gernet

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Marie Gernet (born October 1, 1865 in Ettlingen ; † February 10, 1924 in Karlsruhe ) was a German mathematician who was the first German to do her doctorate at Heidelberg University in 1895 . She later worked as a teacher at the Karlsruhe girls' high school .

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Marie Gernet came from a Catholic family. She was born as the daughter of General Senior Physician Carl Gernet (1837–1908) and his wife Julie Gernet (née Otten).

She attended the secondary school for girls in Karlsruhe from 1871 to 1880. In the summer of 1883, she passed her final exams as a teacher for secondary schools for girls at the Princess Wilhelm Foundation. After studying mathematics privately, she received an exemption to study mathematics, chemistry and physics at the TH Karlsruhe . There she attended from 1888 to 1891 mathematical courses in algebra of logic with Professor Ernst Schröder and basic lectures in mathematics and physics with Heinrich Hertz . From 1891 she studied at the University of Heidelberg. There, on October 30, 1894, she submitted her dissertation, prepared under Leo Königsberger , on the subject of “ On reduction of hyperelliptic integrals ”. On November 8, 1894, Gernet was the first female mathematician to be examined as part of a Rigorosum. The examination subjects included mathematics and mechanics (examiner: Leo Königsberger) and physics (examiner: Georg Hermann Quincke ). In mechanics, however, it was rated unsatisfactory , which led to the failure of the test. Marie Gernet decided to start again, so that on July 18, 1895, under the same examination conditions, the repeat examination was held. It received the grade sufficient in all sub-areas . The Rigorosum was passed, but a path to science was not possible.

From 1897 she was employed as a teacher at the first German girls' high school in Karlsruhe, where she taught until her death.

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SURNAME Gernet, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Ettlingen
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1924
Place of death Karlsruhe