Talk:Leopold Kronecker

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Contents 1 husserl 2 Infobox 3 WikiProject class rating 4 Flags in infobox

[edit] husserl

I believe Kronecker, along with Weierstrass, was Edmund Husserl's chief teacher in mathematics (as mentioned in the Husserl article). Is this fact worth mentioning here anywhere, or is it too off-topic? (I dont know what other well-known students Kronecker might have had.) —rodii 03:26, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure that's really worth mentioning in this article unless Husserl himself made any significant mathematical contributions; in the Husserl article it would seem somewhat more relevant, but wouldn't serve much of a purpose here. Arundhati bakshi 20:32, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

The following infobox has been removed from the article. Pls discuss reasons for or against inclusion to reach consensus.SuperGirl 23:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Leopold Kronecker
Leopold Kronecker
Born	December 7, 1823 Liegnitz, Prussia
Died	December 29, 1891 Berlin, Germany
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Berlin University
Alma mater	Berlin University
Doctoral advisor	Johann Encke Gustav Dirichlet
Doctoral students	Kurt Hensel Adolf Kneser Mathias Lerch Franz Mertens
Known for	Kronecker delta Kronecker product Kronecker-Weber theorem Kronecker's theorem Kronecker's lemma

Keep I find this info very useful as summarised in the infobox. It us now pretty much standard for scientific biographies. SureFire 04:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean with "it is now pretty much standard". If I look at the first twenty articles in Category:German mathematicians, the first category of scientists, then there is only one with such an infobox. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 13:25, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Keep. It is much more informative. Consensus here is to reinstate. I have put it back. bunix 10:47, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 04:14, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flags in infobox

I think that infoboxes like the one in this article generally should not have flags because the flags do not contain any information and put an emphasis on information that is not important; also see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags). This is even more pertinent where the flag will not be recognized by many people (I have no proof for this, but I feel I'm well justified in making this assumption). That's why I think the flags should be removed. Discuss.

To make the situation more complicated, Prussia became part of the German Empire during Kronecker's life, so perhaps his nationality changed at that time. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 15:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)