Wedderburn's Theorem/Historical Note

Historical Note on Wedderburn's Theorem

Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn first published the result now known as Wedderburn's theorem in $1905$.

However, his proof had a gap in it.

The first complete proof was supplied by Leonard Eugene Dickson.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Wedderburn's theorem
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Wedderburn's theorem