It may come as a surprise to many Ph.D. students to hear that Kronecker was questioned at his oral on a wide range of topics including the theory of probability as applied to astronomical observations, the theory of definite integrals, series and differential equations, as well as on Greek, and the history of philosophy.
Ito ay maaaring dumating bilang isang sorpresa sa maraming Ph.D. mag-aaral upang marinig na Kronecker ay questioned sa kanyang bibig sa isang malawak na hanay ng mga paksa kabilang ang mga teorya ng probabilidad na inilapat sa astronomya obserbasyon, ang teorya ng tiyak integrals, serye at kaugalian equation, pati na rin sa Griyego, at ang kasaysayan ng pilosopiya.