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Atle Selberg

1917 - 2007

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Atle Selberg (14 June 1917 – 6 August 2007) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory and the theory of automorphic forms, and in particular for bringing them into relation with spectral theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 and an honorary Abel Prize in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atle Selberg is the 289th most popular mathematician (down from 270th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Norway (down from 97th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Atle Selberg ranks 289 out of 1,004. Before him are Jacopo Riccati, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, S. R. Ranganathan, Gemma Frisius, Seki Takakazu, and Al-Karaji. After him are John G. Thompson, Edmund Landau, Hugo Steinhaus, Pierre Deligne, Adolf Hurwitz, and Jesse Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Atle Selberg ranks 92. Before him are Henry Ford II, David Tomlinson, Yigael Yadin, Ettore Sottsass, Maurice Trintignant, and Augusto Roa Bastos. After him are Roque Máspoli, Harold Garfinkel, Luis Carniglia, Irving Penn, Jânio Quadros, and Alexander Schmorell. Among people deceased in 2007, Atle Selberg ranks 78. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Ettore Sottsass, Lois Maxwell, Bob Denard, and Khun Sa. After him are Vilma Espín, Ashraf Marwan, Kiichi Miyazawa, Mary Douglas, Hrant Dink, and Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Atle Selberg ranks 99 out of 1,039. Before him are Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Einar Gerhardsen (1897), and Harald Sverdrup (1888). After him are Lars Korvald (1916), Martin Vahl (1749), Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), Jørgen Moe (1813), Magnus II of Norway (1048), and Odvar Nordli (1927).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Atle Selberg ranks 4. Before him are Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Sophus Lie (1842), and Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832). After him are Viggo Brun (1885), Caspar Wessel (1745), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Carl Størmer (1874), Axel Thue (1863), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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