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Kronecker

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[kroh-nek-er, kroh-nek-uhr] / ˈkroʊ nɛk ər, ˈkroʊ nɛk ər /

noun

  1. Leopold 1823–91, German mathematician.


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This rather famous quote by nineteenth-century German mathematician Leopold Kronecker sets the stage for this section on the polar form of a complex number.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

Disgusted with Cantor, Kronecker launched vitriolic attacks against Cantor’s work and made it extremely difficult for him to publish papers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Unfortunately, Germany was also the land of Leopold Kronecker, the mathematician who would hound Cantor into a mental institution.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Kronecker, who was influential at Berlin, was likely to blame.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Leopold Kronecker was an eminent professor at the University of Berlin, and one of Cantor’s teachers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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