Jens Erik Fenstad (15 April 1935 – 13 April 2020) was a Norwegian mathematician.
Fenstad graduated as ''mag.scient.'' from the
University of Oslo in 1959, and worked as a
research fellow there and at
UC Berkeley. He was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1968 to 2003, except for the years 1989 to 1993, when he was vice rector (''prorektor''). On 29 May 1998 Fensted received an
honorary doctorate from the Faculty of
Science and Technology at
Uppsala University,
Sweden
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.
He served in the Executive Committee of the
Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science as Treasurer from 1975 to 1983 and as President from 1991 to 1995.
He chaired the
Norwegian Mathematical Society
The Norwegian Mathematical Society ( no, Norsk matematisk forening, NMF) is a professional society for mathematicians. It was formed in 1918, with Carl Størmer elected as its first president.
It organizes mathematical contests and the annual Abe ...
and the World Commission on Ethics (COMEST) of the
UNESCO, and co-founded the
Abel Prize
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. He has also edited the journal ''
Nordisk Matematisk Tidsskrift''.
[ He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Fenstad resided in ]Østerås
Østerås is a village in Akershus, Norway. Østerås (station)
Østerås is a village in Akershus, Norway
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. He died from COVID-19 on 13 April 2020, two days before his 85th birthday.[Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'', 17 April 2020, p. 59.
]
See also
* Influence of non-standard analysis
References
1935 births
2020 deaths
Norwegian mathematicians
University of Oslo alumni
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
Presidents of the Norwegian Mathematical Society
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