Kurt Hensel
Kurt Hensel · Science & Medicine
Introduced the p-adic numbers
1861, Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia) — 1941, Marburg, Germany
Germany
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Kurt Hensel was a German mathematician who introduced the p-adic numbers, a foundational construction of modern number theory and algebra, and long edited Crelle's Journal. He descended from the Mendelssohn family, of Jewish origin, which had converted to Christianity. He was of Jewish descent.
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Introduced the p-adic numbers
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