Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind was a German mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, abstract algebra, and
the axiomatic foundations of arithmetic. His best known contribution is the definition of real numbers through the... Wikipedia
Born: October 6, 1831, Braunschweig, Germany
Died: February 12, 1916 (age 84 years), Braunschweig, Germany
Influenced by: Carl Friedrich Gauss, Bernhard Riemann, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, and more
Education: University of Göttingen (1850–1852) and Technical University of Braunschweig (1848–1850)
Known for: Dedekind cut; Dedekind-Peano axioms; Abstract algebra; Algebraic number theory; Real numbers; Logicism