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**::I made a draft - does it read better now? [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 06:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

**:::Looks very good up until this sentence: "Dedekind also defined the concept of a Euclidean ___domain, a number system in which (roughly speaking) a version of the Euclidean algorithm can be defined." Unfortunately, the speaking is so rough that I have no idea what it means. "(roughly speaking)" is unencyclopedic, and the statement that follows doesn't provide any real information.

**::::I changed the wording slightly to "Dedekind also defined the concept of a [[Euclidean ___domain]], a number system in which a version of the Euclidean algorithm can be defined (as described [[Euclidean algorithm#Euclidean domains|below]])." I'm hoping that the wikilink to the fuller explanation within the article itself will satisfy the readers' curiosity. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 16:04, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

**<s>"In 1829, Sturm showed..." Not sure why this chunk comes after the Dirichlet/Dedekind bit. I'm assuming that Dirichlet/Dedekind did their work after 1832, which may not be correct. If that is correct, then this section is somewhat out of order. If is not correct, then this is still out of order and specific years should be added for clarity (if possible).</s>

**::I was trying to discern between two developments of the EA in the 19th century: the ''general'' development of new number systems and ''specific'' applications of the EA such as Sturm's theorem. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 06:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)