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mathematician
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is a scholar in the fields of
mathematics
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. They solve and research
mathematical problem
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s which can be applied in real life or completely abstract (pure). This article covers notable mathematicians from
Norway
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.
A pioneer of modern mathematics,
Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel ( , ; 5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields. His most famous single result is the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solvin ...
contributed greatly towards various fields of mathematics
during his short life. He died in 1829, aged 26, from
tuberculosis
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.
German mathematician
Felix Klein
Felix Christian Klein (; ; 25 April 1849 – 22 June 1925) was a German mathematician and Mathematics education, mathematics educator, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and the associations betwe ...
spoke of his reluctance "to part from this ideal type of researcher". In 2001, the
Abel Prize was established in his honour.
Other notable mathematicians include (in alphabetical order)
Carl Anton Bjerknes,
Vilhelm Bjerknes,
Bernt Michael Holmboe, who is known for being Abel's teacher and tutor,
Sophus Lie
Marius Sophus Lie ( ; ; 17 December 1842 – 18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. He also made substantial cont ...
,
Idun Reiten,
Atle Selberg
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 ...
,
Thoralf Skolem
Thoralf Albert Skolem (; 23 May 1887 – 23 March 1963) was a Norwegian mathematician who worked in mathematical logic and set theory.
Life
Although Skolem's father was a primary school teacher, most of his extended family were farmers. Skole ...
and
Carl Størmer.
Alphabetical order
''"Aa" appears under "å" as they are considered different representations of the same letter.''
See also
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Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab
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Bjerknes (lunar crater)
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Bjerknes (Martian crater)
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List of things named after Niels Henrik Abel
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Abel Prize
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Selberg class
In mathematics, the Selberg class is an axiomatic definition of a class of L-function, ''L''-functions. The members of the class are Dirichlet series which obey four axioms that seem to capture the essential properties satisfied by most functions ...
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Weather forecasting
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Aanderaa–Karp–Rosenberg conjecture
Notes
References
External links
Abel Prize
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