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==Early life==
==Early life==
Riemann was born into an impoverished family in [[Germany]], a devoutly [[Christian]] son of a [[Lutheran]] pastor. He was [[homeschooling|homeschooled]] by his father, and was sent to attend a prominent school (Johanneum at Luneburg) at the age of 16. Riemann quickly became bored with the math class and asked the director for more advanced material. The director gave him most advanced math books (including [[Leonhard Euler]]'s works and Adrien Marie Legendre's Theory of Numbers). Riemann mastered them in merely a few days.<ref>http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/199899/bioriema.htm</ref>
Riemann was born into an impoverished family in [[Germany]], a devoutly [[Christian]] son of a [[Lutheran]] pastor. He was [[homeschooling|homeschooled]] by his father with the help of the local schoolmaster, and was sent to attend a prominent school (Johanneum at Luneburg) at the age of 16. Riemann quickly became bored with the math class and asked the director for more advanced material. The director gave him most advanced math books (including [[Leonhard Euler]]'s works and Adrien Marie Legendre's Theory of Numbers). Riemann mastered them in merely a few days.<ref>http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/199899/bioriema.htm</ref>
He decided to study theology at the University of Göttingen in 1846, but switched to mathematics - not because of a disdain of theology and philosophy, but in recognition where his greatest talents laid.
==Riemann's Four Great Papers==
==Riemann's Four Great Papers==