Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kroneckerwas a German mathematician who worked on number theory, algebra and logic. He criticized Cantor's work on set theory, and was quoted by Weberas having said, "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk". Kronecker was a student and lifelong friend of Ernst Kummer...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth7 December 1823
CountryGermany
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God made the integers; all else is the work of man.
god work
God made integers, all else is the work of man.
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Number theorists are like lotus-eaters -- having once tasted of this food they can never give it up.
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All results of the profoundest mathematical investigation must ultimately be expressible in the simple form of properties of the integers.