Parshall, Karen Hunger In pursuit of the finite division algebra theorem and beyond: Joseph H. M. Wedderburn, Leonard E. Dickson, and Oswald Veblen. (English) Zbl 0658.01012 Arch. Int. Hist. Sci. 33, No. 111, 274-299 (1983). This paper traces the development of the finite division algebra theorem at the hands of Joseph H. M. Wedderburn and Leonard E. Dickson and its subsequent application to projective geometry and Wedderburn and Oswald Veblen. Reviewer: P.Reichensperger Cited in 7 Documents MSC: 01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century 16-03 History of associative rings and algebras 51-03 History of geometry 16Kxx Division rings and semisimple Artin rings Keywords:finite division algebra. projective geometry Biographic References: Wedderburn, J. H. M.; Dickson, L. E.; Veblen, O. PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{K. H. Parshall}, Arch. Int. Hist. Sci. 33, No. 111, 274--299 (1983; Zbl 0658.01012)