Atle Selberg

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Norwegian mathematician human mathematician

Atle Selberg was a Norwegian mathematician renowned for his profound contributions to analytic number theory, particularly the Selberg trace formula and work related to the Riemann zeta function.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian mathematician → human → mathematician →
awardReceived	Fields Medal → Gunnerus Medal → Honorary degree from the University of Oslo → Wolf Prize in Mathematics →
countryOfCitizenship	Norway →
dateOfBirth	1917-06-14 →
dateOfDeath	2007-08-06 →
doctoralAdvisor	Thoralf Skolem →
educatedAt	University of Oslo →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study →
familyName	Selberg →
fieldOfWork	analytic number theory → mathematics → number theory →
givenName	Atle →
influenced	modern analytic number theory →
influencedBy	Srinivasa Ramanujan →
knownFor	Selberg class → Selberg integral → Selberg sieve → Selberg trace formula → elementary proof of the prime number theorem → work on the Riemann zeta function →
languageSpoken	English → Norwegian →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences → Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters → Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters → Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences →
name	Atle Selberg →
nationality	Norwegian →
notableWork	Selberg class → Selberg integral → Selberg sieve → Selberg trace formula → elementary proof of the prime number theorem →
placeOfBirth	Bamble → Langesund → Norway → Telemark →
placeOfDeath	New Jersey → Princeton → United States of America →
workLocation	Princeton →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
School of Mathematics →	employerOf
Atle Selberg ("Selberg") →	familyName
Atle Selberg →	name
Bôcher Memorial Prize →	notableRecipient
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar