Mathematical ideas, ideals, and ideology

DOI10.1007/BF03025208MaRDI QIDQ1190771zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors H. M. Edwards

Publication date 26 September 1992

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03025208

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic curvescyclotomicDedekinddivisibilityidealKroneckerKummer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of number theory (11-03) Cyclotomic extensions (11R18)

Review text

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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