Richard Dedekind
Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra, and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic. His best known contribution is the definition of real numbers through the notion of Dedekind cut. He is also considered a pioneer in the development of modern set theory and of the philosophy of mathematics known as logicism.
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- Born in
- Brunswick
- Educated at
- University of GöttingenMartino-KatharineumFrederick William University BerlinCollegium Carolinum
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Carl Friedrich Gauss
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"Addition is the combination of any arbitrary repetitions of the above-mentioned simplest act into a single act; from it in a similar way arises multiplication. While the performance of these two opera…"
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1831
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