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Also Known As Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind
Born October 6, 1831 • Braunschweig • Germany
Died February 12, 1916 (aged 84) • Braunschweig • Germany
Subjects Of Study Dedekind cut • continuum hypothesis • ideal • infinity • irrational number • real number

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