Kronecker biography
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Kronecker, Leopold
(b. Liegnitz, Germany [now Legnica, Poland], 7 December 1823; d. Berlin, Germany, 29 December 1891)
mathematics.
Kronecker’s parents were Isidor Kronecker, a businessman, and his wife, Johanna Prausnitzer. They were wealthy and provided private tutoring at home for their son until he entered the Liegnitz Gymnasium. At the Gymnasium, Kronecker’s mathematics teacher was E. E. Kummer, who early recognized the boy’s ability and encouraged him to do independent research. He also received Evangelical religious instruction, although he was Jewish; he formally converted to Christianity in the last year of his life.
Kronecker matriculated at the University of Berlin in 1841. He attended lectures in mathematics given by Dirichlet and Steiner; in astronomy, by Encke; in meteorology by Dove; and in chemistry, by Mitscherlich. Like Gauss and Jacobi, he was interested in classical philology, and heard lectures on this subject. He also attended Schelling’s philosophy
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Leopold Kronecker
Born to Jewish parents in what is now Legnica, Poland, Kronecker studied with Ernst Eduard Kummer there, and later at the university in Berlin with Peter Gustav Dirichlet. After earning a doctorate, rather than teach at the university, Kronecker returned to his birthplace and put his mathematical knowledge to practical use in the family business, becoming quite wealthy in addition to his family inheritance. In the 1850s he published a lot of papers which were quite influential and gained him acceptance to various societies, starting with the Berlin Academy.
Being a member of the Berlin Academy, Kummer persuaded Kronecker to take advantage of his privilege of being able to lecture at the university. Not many students showed up to his lectures, so when he was offered a position at Göttingen, he declined. It wasn’t until 1883 that Kronecker began teaching as a professor, at his old alma mater. There he taught Franz Mertens and Kurt Hensel, to name just a few. In
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Leopold Kronecker facts for kids
Leopold Kronecker (German:[ˈkʁoːnɛkɐ]; 7 månad 1823 – 29 månad 1891) was a Germanmathematician who worked on number theory, algebra and logic. He criticized Georg Cantor's work on set theory, and was quoted bygd as having said, "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk" ("God made the integers, all else fryst vatten the work of man"). Kronecker was a lärjunge and lifelong friend of Ernst Kummer.
Biography
Leopold Kronecker was born on 7 månad 1823 in Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland) in a wealthy Jewish family. His parents, Isidor and Johanna (née Prausnitzep), took care of their children's education and provided them with private tutoring at home—Leopold's younger brother Hugo Kronecker would also follow a scientific path, later becoming a notable physiologist. Kronecker then went to the Liegnitz Gymnasium where he was interested in a bred range of topics including science, history and philosophy, whil