''Crelle's Journal'', or just ''Crelle'', is the common name for a mathematics journal, the ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (in English: ''Journal for Pure and Applied Mathematics'').

History

The journal was founded by August Leopold Crelle (Berlin) in 1826 and edited by him until his death in 1855. It was one of the first major mathematical journals that was not a proceedings of an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. It has published many notable papers, including works of Niels Henrik Abel,

Georg Cantor Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor ( ; ; – 6 January 1918) was a mathematician who played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a foundations of mathematics, fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor establi ...

Gotthold Eisenstein Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein (16 April 1823 – 11 October 1852) was a German mathematician who made significant contributions to number theory and mathematical analysis, analysis. Born in Berlin, Prussia, to Jewish parents who converted to ...

, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Otto Hesse. It was edited by Carl Wilhelm Borchardt from 1856 to 1880, during which time it was known as ''Borchardt's Journal''. The current

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

is Daniel Huybrechts ( Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn).

Past editors

* 1826–1856: August Leopold Crelle * 1856–1880: Carl Wilhelm Borchardt * 1881–1888:

Leopold Kronecker Leopold Kronecker (; 7 December 1823 – 29 December 1891) was a German mathematician who worked on number theory, abstract algebra and logic, and criticized Georg Cantor's work on set theory. Heinrich Weber quoted Kronecker as having said, ...

, Karl Weierstrass * 1889–1892: Leopold Kronecker * 1892–1902: Lazarus Fuchs * 1903–1928: Kurt Hensel * 1929–1933: Kurt Hensel, Helmut Hasse, Ludwig Schlesinger * 1934–1936: Kurt Hensel, Helmut Hasse * 1937–1952: Helmut Hasse * 1952–1977: Helmut Hasse, Hans Rohrbach * 1977–1980: Helmut Hasse

References

External links

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Journal archive at the Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum

Journal index at The European Digital Mathematics Library
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