Leopold Kronecker Quotes

Leopold Kronecker was a German mathematician who worked on number theory, algebra and logic. He criticized Georg Cantor's work on set theory, and was quoted by Weber as having said, "Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk" . Kronecker was a student and lifelong friend of Ernst Kummer. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. December 1823 – 29. December 1891
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Leopold Kronecker Quotes

“God made the integers, all the rest is the work of man.”

Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk.
Quoted in "Philosophies of Mathematics" - Page 13 - by Alexander George, Daniel J. Velleman - Philosophy - 2002

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