Mathematical ideas, ideals, and ideology (Q1190771)

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    Mathematical ideas, ideals, and ideology (English)
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    26 September 1992
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    This is a detailed comparative study of divisibility and ideal theory in the hands of E. E. Kummer, R. Dedekind and L. Kronecker, which takes into account foundational issues of proof and existence in the late nineteenth century. Two separate boxes treat Kummer's approach and algebraic curves.
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    ideal
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    divisibility
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    cyclotomic
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    Kummer
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    Dedekind
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    Kronecker
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    algebraic curves
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