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Dedekind
De·de·kind
/
ˈdeɪ
dɪ
kɪnd;
German
ˈdeɪ
də
kɪnt
/
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[
dey
-di-kind;
German
dey
-d
uh
-kint
]
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noun
Ju·li·us Wil·helm Rich·ard
/
ˈdʒul
yəs ˈwɪl
hɛlm ˈrɪtʃ
ərd
;
German
ˈyu
liˌʊs ˈvɪl
hɛlm ˈrɪx
ɑrt
/
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[
jool
-y
uh
s
wil
-helm
rich
-erd
;
German
yoo
-lee-
oo
s
vil
-helm
r
i
kh
-ah
r
t
]
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,
1831–1916,
German mathematician.
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Dedekind
(
German
ˈdedəˌkɪnt)
—
n
(
Julius Wilhelm
)
Richard
(ˈjuːlɪʊs ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈrixɑːt). 1831--1916, German mathematician, who devised a way (the
Dedekind cut
) of according irrational and rational numbers the same status
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