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The Good Lord made all the integers the rest is man's doing.

Leopold Kronecker

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Leopold Kronecker
Age: 68 †
Born: 1823
Born: December 7
Died: 1891
Died: December 29
Mathematician
University Teacher
Liegnitz
Mathematics
Rest
Lord
Made
Good
Men
Integers
Math

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