In 1906 he was awarded a two year fellowship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and he left Budapest to study at Göttingen, where he was greatly influenced by Klein, Hilbert and Prandtl.
Sa 1906 siya ay iginawad ng isang samahan ng dalawang taon mula sa Hungarian Academy of Sciences at siya kaliwa Budapest sa pag-aaral sa Gottingen, kung saan siya ay naiimpluwensyahan ng malaki Klein, Hilbert at Prandtl.