Helmut Hasse
German mathematician (1898–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helmut Hasse (German: [ˈhasə]; 25 August 1898 – 26 December 1979) was a German mathematician[1] working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of p-adic numbers to local class field theory and diophantine geometry (Hasse principle), and to local zeta functions.
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Helmut Hasse | |
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Born | (1898-08-25)25 August 1898 |
Died | 26 December 1979(1979-12-26) (aged 81) |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Marburg University of Göttingen |
Known for | Conductor-discriminant formula Hasse's theorem on elliptic curves Hasse–Schmidt derivation |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Thesis | Über die Darstellbarkeit von Zahlen durch quadratische Formen im Körper der rationalen Zahlen (1922) |
Doctoral advisor | Kurt Hensel |
Doctoral students | Cahit Arf Wolfgang Franz Hans-Wilhelm Knobloch Paul Lorenzen Curt Meyer Peter Roquette Otto Schilling Oswald Teichmüller |
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