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Leopold Kronecker

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Leopold Kronecker

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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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Person · Open Library

Born
7. Dezember 1823
Died
29. Dezember 1891
Works
21

Top works

  • Über schaaren von quadratischen und bilinearen formen
  • Vorlesungen über Mathematik
  • G. Lejeune Dirichlet's Werke 2 Volume Set
  • Vorlesungen Über Die Theorie der Determinanten; Volume 1
  • Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1882-04-18
Active to
1977-09-13
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Discography

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5 total works indexed

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    · 1994 · cited 10,098x

  3. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 6,187x

  4. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    · 2016 · cited 4,417x

  5. [12] Assays of glutathione peroxidase

    · 1984 · cited 3,898x

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Quotes

  • “Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk.”

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Wikidata facts

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
Commons category
Leopold Kronecker
date of birth
1823-12-07
date of death
1891-12-29
Commons gallery
Leopold Kronecker
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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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

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