Person: Hensel, Kurt

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Hensel invented the p-adic numbers, an algebraic theory which has proved important in later applications.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 29 December 1861, Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Died 1 June 1941, Marburg, Germany.

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Origin Russia


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References

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive