Helmut Hasse

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Helmut Hasse was a German mathematician renowned for his contributions to algebraic number theory and local class field theory, including the Hasse principle and Hasse–Minkowski theorem.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
awardReceived Cantor Medal
National Prize of East Germany
birthCountry German Empire
birthDate 1898-08-25
birthPlace Kassel
countryOfCitizenship Germany
deathCountry West Germany
deathDate 1979-12-26
deathPlace Ahrensburg
doctoralAdvisor Kurt Hensel
doctoralThesisTopic algebraic number theory
educatedAt University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
University of Marburg NERFINISHED
employer University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
University of Halle-Wittenberg NERFINISHED
University of Hamburg NERFINISHED
University of Marburg NERFINISHED
familyName Hasse
fieldOfWork algebra
algebraic number theory
local class field theory
number theory
gender male
givenName Helmut
knownFor development of local class field theory
local-global principle in number theory
work on zeta functions of varieties over finite fields
languageSpoken German
memberOf German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
name Helmut Hasse
notableStudent Ernst Witt
Friedrich Karl Schmidt NERFINISHED
Hans Zassenhaus
Max Deuring
notableWork Hasse bound for elliptic curves
Hasse diagram (in lattice theory)
Hasse invariant
Hasse norm theorem
Hasse principle
Hasse–Arf theorem
Hasse–Minkowski theorem
Hasse–Weil zeta function
occupation mathematician
positionHeld professor of mathematics


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