Lejeune Dirichlet and the birth of analytic number theory: 1837-1839 (Q1823229)
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Lejeune Dirichlet and the birth of analytic number theory: 1837-1839 (English)
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1989
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Following a brief account of Dirichlet's result on infinitely many primes in arithmetic progressions, the paper deals mostly with his career. Briefly mentioned are the Mendelssohn connection and the work of A. L. Crelle. Principal sources are E. Kummer, F. Klein and K.-R. Biermann.
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primes in arithmetic progressions
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Mendelssohn connection
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A. L. Crelle
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E. Kummer
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F. Klein
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