Hans Julius Zassenhaus

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Hans Julius Zassenhaus (28 May 1912 - 21 November 1991) was a German mathematician, known for work in many parts of abstract algebra, and as a pioneer of computer algebra.

He was born in Koblenz-Moselweiss, and became a student and then assistant of Emil Artin. He was subsequently a professor at Montreal, the University of Notre Dame, and Ohio State University, and was one of the founding editors of the Journal of Number Theory. He died in Columbus, Ohio.

[edit] Important publications

• Hans Julius Zassenhaus (1937), Lehrbuch der Gruppentheorie (German: Textbook of group theory)

A famous group theory book based on a course by Emil Artin given at the University of Hamburg during winter semester 1933 and summer semester 1934.

[edit] See also

• Zassenhaus lemma
• Zassenhaus group
• Zassenhaus neighborhood.

[edit] External links

• O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Hans Julius Zassenhaus". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
• Hans Julius Zassenhaus at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Biography from the Ohio State University