MATHEMATICIAN

Helmut Hasse

1898 - 1979

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Helmut Hasse (German: [ˈhasə]; 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 class field theory and diophantine geometry (Hasse principle), and to local zeta functions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmut Hasse has received more than 113,797 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Helmut Hasse is the 419th most popular mathematician (down from 400th in 2019), the 2,807th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,731st in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Helmut Hasse ranks 419 out of 1,004Before him are László Lovász, Abraham Robinson, Henryk Zygalski, Georgy Voronoy, Albert W. Tucker, and Al-Sijzi. After him are Michael O. Rabin, Vladimir Smirnov, Gerhard Gentzen, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, John Vitéz, and Alfred Clebsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Helmut Hasse ranks 116Before him are Paul Robeson, Messali Hadj, Eric Hoffer, Ernst Wollweber, Marcel Griaule, and Tian Han. After him are Albert Lutuli, Étienne Decroux, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Irene Dunne, Benjamin Fondane, and Vilhelm Moberg. Among people deceased in 1979, Helmut Hasse ranks 102Before him are Léonide Massine, David Butler, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Agop Dilâçar, Wilfred Bion, and Jean Rhys. After him are August Heissmeyer, Marcel L'Herbier, James J. Gibson, Dolores Costello, Leonid Bykov, and Zhang Guotao.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmut Hasse ranks 2,807 out of 7,253Before him are Sophie of Brandenburg (1568), William, Prince of Wied (1845), Sonja Ziemann (1926), Ludwig Kübler (1889), Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822), and Hermann Lang (1909). After him are Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890), Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (1896), Duchess Marie of Württemberg (1799), Gustav Schwab (1792), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), and Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Helmut Hasse ranks 51Before him are Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Hans Freudenthal (1905), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), Thomas Fincke (1561), and Henryk Zygalski (1908). After him are Gerhard Gentzen (1909), Johannes Werner (1468), Ernst Schröder (1841), Hermann Hankel (1839), Adam Ries (1492), and Johann Samuel König (1712).