Leopold Kronecker
German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)
Leopold Kronecker (7 December 1823 Liegnitz, Prussia - 29 December 1891) was a German mathematician of Jewish descent.
At first he was a business man and earned a lot of money. Then he devoted himself to mathematics. He is famous for his work on number theory, determinant and algebra. He criticized Cantor's work on set theory. He was a pupil and lifelong friend of Ernst Kummer.
References change
- Eric Temple Bell, 1986. Men of Mathematics, Penguin books 1953.
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