2008-11-26

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2008-11-26 08:40 am
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Birthday

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2008-11-26 12:33 pm
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Ramble, Part 63: Incisive Thinking

Most of Richard Dedekind's contributions to mathematics were in the area of algebra; one of the fundamental constructs used in algebraic number theory1 is the "Dedekind domain". But he also supplied an alternative construction of the real numbers from the rationals, which will be detailed under the cut.

The Subtlest Cut )

1. As opposed to elementary number theory2 and analytic number theory.
2. Despite its name, this is an independent subfield, with techniques and subtleties all its own.

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