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I asked a while agoasked a while ago about the etymology of the name conductor. Often the conductor of an order in a number field is denoted by $\mathfrak f$. This comes from the original German name Führer given by Dedekind.

I asked a while ago about the etymology of the name conductor. Often the conductor of an order in a number field is denoted by $\mathfrak f$. This comes from the original German name Führer given by Dedekind.

I asked a while ago about the etymology of the name conductor. Often the conductor of an order in a number field is denoted by $\mathfrak f$. This comes from the original German name Führer given by Dedekind.

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I asked a while ago about the etymology of the name conductor. Often the conductor of an order in a number field is denoted by $\mathfrak f$. This comes from the original German name Führer given by Dedekind.