It seemed a wonderful position from which to launch his mathematical studies which is precisely what he wished to do, but his father had other ideas for him and so he was steered towards an engineering course at the Palatine Joseph Polytechnic in Budapest (this later became the Technical University of Budapest).
It seemed ng isang kahanga-hanga mula sa posisyon na upang ilunsad ang kanyang matematikal na pag-aaral na kung saan ay tiyak na kung ano siya nagnanais na gawin, ngunit ang kanyang ama ay may iba pang mga ideya para sa kanya at sa gayon siya ay steered patungo sa isang engineering course sa palatin Joseph politeknik sa Budapest (ito mamaya ay naging ang Technical University of Budapest).