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Yes, but did God make the algebraic integers? Because this looks suspiciously like the work of man.

• skhunted 2y ago
  This depends on your philosophy of mathematics. If you believe god gave us the nonnegative integers then in a very natural way one is led to the notion of algebraic integers. Whether this would be god’s creation or man’s creation depends on your view of who gets the credit in such a situation.
  • jl6 2y ago
    I think next time I’d better make the apologies to Kronecker explicit.
    • skhunted 2y ago
      Sorry. I missed it. It was too clever for me!
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