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Richard Dedekind

1831–1916

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Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra, and the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic. He is best known for defining real numbers through the concept of a Dedekind cut. Dedekind also played a key role in the development of modern set theory and the philosophy of mathematics known as logicism. He was born in 1831 and died in 1916.

Born
1831

Books by Richard Dedekind

  1. Vorlesungen über Zahlentheorie

    1863

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