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 Weber (1893) 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.

Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker in 1865
Born(1823-12-07)7 December 1823
Died29 December 1891(1891-12-29) (aged 68)
NationalityPrussian
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
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