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Leopold Kronecker

German Mathematician

Died when: 68 years 22 days (816 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Leopold Kronecker

Leopold Kronecker (German: [ˈkʁoːnɛkɐ]; 7 December 1823 – 29 December 1891) was a German mathematician who worked on number theory, algebra and logic.

He criticized Georg Cantor's work on set theory, and was quoted by 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 lifelong friend of Ernst Kummer.


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