Gauss did lecture to Riemann but he was only giving elementary courses and there is no evidence that at this time he recognised Riemann's genius. Stern, however, certainly did realise that he had a remarkable student and later described Riemann at this time saying that he:
Gauss did panayam sa Riemann ngunit siya ay nagbibigay lamang ng elementarya kurso at walang katibayan na sa oras na ito siya kinikilala Riemann ng likas na kakayahan. Stern, gayunpaman, tiyak did realise na niya ng pansin ng mag-aaral at mamaya inilarawan Riemann sa oras na ito sinasabi na siya: