Helmut Hasse

Helmut Hasse (pronounced HAHS uh) (25 August 1898- 26 December 1979) was a German mathematician working in algebraic number theory, known for fundamental contributions to class field theory, the application of p-adic numbers to local classfield theory and diophantine geometry (Hasse principle), and to local zeta functions. He was born in Kassel, and died in Ahrensburg.

See also

• Hasse diagram
• Hasse invariant
• Artin-Hasse exponential
• Hasse-Arf theorem
• Hasse-Weil L-function
• Hasse norm theorem
• Hasse's theorem on elliptic curves.