Leopold Kronecker

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

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Leopold Kronecker was a German mathematician of the 19th century who made important contributions to number theory and algebra, the foundational areas of mathematics dealing with numbers and mathematical structures. His work helped shape how mathematicians understand and approach these core mathematical fields.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Leopold
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
Place of birth: Legnica
Place of death: Berlin
Sibling: Hugo Kronecker
Occupation: banker
Position held: editor
Languages spoken: German
Religion: Christianity
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor: Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
Student of: Ernst Kummer
Doctoral student: Jules Molk
Field of work: integral
Image: Leopold Kronecker (ca. 1880).jpg

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member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
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date of birth: 1823-12-07
date of death: 1891-12-29
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place of burial: Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin
student: Edmund Husserl
name in native language: Leopold Kronecker
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
ethnic group: Jewish people

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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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