Leopold Kronecker
1823 – 1891 · aged 68
German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)
- Born
- 7 Dec 1823 · Legnica
- Died
- 29 Dec 1891 · Berlin
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- 7 Dec 1823BornBorn in Legnica
- 1881 – 1892RoleEditor
- 1884AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 29 Dec 1891DiedDied in Berlin
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Leopold Kronecker (German: [ˈkʁoːnɛkɐ]; 7 December 1823 – 29 December 1891) was a German mathematician who worked on number theory, abstract algebra and logic, and criticized Georg Cantor's work on set theory. Heinrich Weber quoted Kronecker
as having said, "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk" ("God made the integers, all else is the work of man").
Kronecker was a student and life-long friend of Ernst Kummer.
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