Kronecker
Americannoun
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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
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
Underneath Cantor’s conflict with Kronecker was a vision of the infinite, a vision that can be described with a simple puzzle.
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
In the battle between Kronecker and Cantor, Cantor would ultimately prevail.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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