The genesis of ideal theory

DOI10.1007/BF00327914zbMath0472.01013MaRDI QIDQ1158135

Harold M. Edwards

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic numbersDedekindKummerKronecker ideals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematical logic and foundations (03-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of commutative algebra (13-03) History of field theory (12-03)

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