Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind (1831 - 1916) redefined the notion of irrational numbers
in terms of Dedekind cuts, and thus gave a construction of the real numbers. He was a good
friend of Cantor, and encouraged him to publish, even though the results seemed counter-intuitive.
He also introduced the notion of an ideal which is fundamental to ring theory.
One of the Famous People on this site.
Links to this page /
Page history /
Last change to this page
Recent changes /
Edit this page (with sufficient authority)
All pages /
Search /
Change password /
Logout