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Atle Selberg
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Atle Selberg (1917–2007) was a Norwegian and American mathematician and university teacher whose primary field of work was number theory. Born in Langesund and educated at the University of Oslo, he died of heart failure in Princeton. His notable works include the Selberg trace formula, Selberg zeta function, Selberg class, and Selberg sieve. He was influenced by Srinivasa Ramanujan and authored publications such as *Collected Papers I* and *On the zeros of Riemann's zeta-function*.
Selberg held positions at Syracuse University and the Institute for Advanced Study, where his archives are kept. He received the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He spoke Norwegian and English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Collected Papers II
- On the zeros of Riemann's zeta-function
- Collected Papers I
- Number theory, trace formulas, and discrete groups
- Atle Selberg Collected Papers
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “... It is true — certainly in mathematics; what I say now will not apply to the School of Historical Studies where people tend to make their main contributions at a much later age — in mathematics and physics, the prime period in one's life in probably over by, say, 45 or so. That's a bit conservative. Some might put it a bit earlier.Of course one can continue to work, and do very good work afterwards, but certainly the most productive period would be before that, between 25 and 45.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1917-06-14 ) 14 June 1917, Langesund , Norway
- Died
- 6 August 2007 (2007-08-06) (aged 90), Princeton , New Jersey , United States
- Citizenship
- Norwegian
- Alma mater
- University of Oslo
- Known for
- Critical line theorem , Local rigidity , Parity problem , Weakly symmetric space , Chowla–Selberg formula , Maass–Selberg relations , Rankin–Selberg method , Selberg class , Selberg's conjecture , Selberg's identity , Selberg integral , Selberg trace formula , Selberg zeta function , Selberg sieve
- Spouse s
- Hedvig Liebermann, Betty Frances Compton
- Awards
- Abel Prize (honorary) (2002), Fields Medal (1950), Wolf Prize (1986), Gunnerus Medal (2002)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Syracuse University Institute for Advanced Study
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Atle
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Langesund
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- professor emeritus
- Educated at
- University of Oslo
- Employer
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- number theory
- Image
- Atle Selberg.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1917-06-14
- date of death
- 2007-08-06
- Commons category
- Atle Selberg
- Erdős number
- 2
- cause of death
- heart failure
- influenced by
- Srinivasa Ramanujan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- archives at
- Institute for Advanced Study
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early years
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