Number Theory (Classics in Mathematics) - Softcover

Hasse, Helmut

Softcover

ISBN 10: 354042749X ISBN 13: 9783540427490

Publisher: Springer, 2002

Synopsis

. . . a fine book . . . treats algebraic number theory from the valuation-theoretic viewpoint. When it appeared in 1949 it was a pioneer. Now there are plenty of competing accounts. But Hasse has seomething extra to offer. This is not surprising, for it was he who inaugurated the local-global principle (universally called the Hasse principle). This doctrine asserts that one should first study a problem in algebraic number theoy locally, that is, at the completion of a valuation. Then ask for a miracle: that global validity is equivalent to local validity. . . . It is trite but true: Every number theorist should have this book on his or her shelf" - IRVING KAPLANSKY IN BULETIN _OF THE AMERICAN MATH SOCIETY

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Biography of Helmut Hasse (1898-1979)

Born on August 25, 1898 in Kassel, Germany, Helmut Hasse studied at the University of Göttingen after WWI. Of his teachers there including Landau, Hilbert and Ehmy Noether, Hecke influenced him most. In 1820, Hasse went to Marburg, and under the direction of Kurt Hensel, discovered what is now known as the Hasse principle, or "local-global" principle, in algebraic number theory. He held further positions at the universities in Kiel and Hall prior to 1933. With the troubles of 1933, Hermann Weyl, who had succeeded Hilbert in the foremost chair or mathematics in Germany, resigned and Helmut Hasse was appointed in this place. The following year, Hasse became director of the Mathematical Institute at Göttingen. From 1939 to 1945, Hasse worked in Berlin for the navy on problems in ballistics. He returned to Göttingen but was soon dismissed by the British occupation forces. In 1946 he took a research position at the Berlin Academy. Thereafter, he held positions at the Humboldt University in East Berlin, and, from 1950 until retirement in 1966, at the University of Hamburg.

At Halle, Hasse obtained fundamental results on the structure of central simple algebras over local fields. In Marburg, he did joint work with Brauer and Emmy Noether on simple algebras, also on elliptic curves and topological fields. In particular, he proved the analogon of the Riemann Hypothesis for zeta functions of elliptic curves. Both of Hasseżs famous books Über die Klassenzahl abelscher Zahlkörper und Zahlentheorie appeared during his years in Berlin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354042749X
• ISBN 13: 9783540427490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 657