kronecker

/krɒnɛkər/

Definitions

1. noun

A mathematician, especially one who specializes in number theory, particularly in the study of congruences.

“David Hilbert was a renowned mathematician and one of the founders of the field of algebraic number theory, and Ernst Kummer and Leopold Kronecker were two notable Kroneckers in this field.”

Synonyms

  • mathematician
  • number theorist

Antonyms

  • logician
  • mathematical skeptic