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Richard Dedekind

1831 - 1916

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Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (; German: [ˈdeːdəˌkɪnt]; 6 October 1831 – 12 February 1916) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Dedekind is the 66th most popular mathematician (up from 70th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Germany (up from 347th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Mathematician.

Richard Dedekind was a German mathematician who is most famous for his work in algebraic number theory. Dedekind is credited with inventing the notion of a cut in order to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Dedekind ranks 66 out of 1,004. Before him are Sofia Kovalevskaya, Marin Mersenne, Émilie du Châtelet, Ludolph van Ceulen, Girard Desargues, and Nikolai Lobachevsky. After him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Hermann Minkowski, Andrey Kolmogorov, Gaspard Monge, Norbert Wiener, and Giuseppe Peano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Richard Dedekind ranks 8. Before him are John Stith Pemberton, Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, Sitting Bull, James A. Garfield, and Emperor Kōmei. After him are Xianfeng Emperor, Savitribai Phule, Leo von Caprivi, Lucy Webb Hayes, Cheoljong of Joseon, and Eduard Suess. Among people deceased in 1916, Richard Dedekind ranks 15. Before him are Yuan Shikai, Charles Taze Russell, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, and James Connolly. After him are Otto of Bavaria, José Echegaray, Sholem Aleichem, Henry James, Umberto Boccioni, and Natsume Sōseki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Richard Dedekind ranks 324 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Anton Drexler (1884), Bertha Benz (1849), and Katharina von Bora (1498). After him are Carl Bosch (1874), Erich Hartmann (1922), Carl Zeiss (1816), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), and Heinrich von Kleist (1777).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Richard Dedekind ranks 11. Before him are Gottlob Frege (1848), Emmy Noether (1882), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Karl Weierstrass (1815), and Ludolph van Ceulen (1540). After him are Regiomontanus (1436), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), Felix Klein (1849), Christopher Clavius (1538), and Andrew Wiles (1953).

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