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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Atle Selberg has received more than 175,279 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Atle Selberg is the 270th most popular mathematician (up from 285th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Norway (down from 96th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Atle Selberg ranks 270 out of 1,004. Before him are John Horton Conway, Jesse Douglas, Tatyana Afanasyeva, John Wilkins, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, and Carl David Tolmé Runge. After him are Karen Uhlenbeck, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Shing-Tung Yau, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Paul Cohen, and Lev Pontryagin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Atle Selberg ranks 93. Before him are Hirokazu Ninomiya, Nikolai Ogarkov, Otto Kittel, Will Eisner, Zhang Chunqiao, and Jean Rouch. After him are Harold Garfinkel, Augusto Roa Bastos, Buddy Rich, Charlotte Salomon, Jânio Quadros, and Urie Bronfenbrenner. Among people deceased in 2007, Atle Selberg ranks 83. Before him are Mary Douglas, Ira Levin, István Sándorfi, Mika Špiljak, Nobuo Matsunaga, and Kisho Kurokawa. After him are Maurice Papon, Denny Doherty, Paul Cohen, Teddy Kollek, Arawa Kimura, and Karel Svoboda.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Atle Selberg ranks 97 out of 1,039. Before him are Erna Solberg (1961), Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), Kristian Birkeland (1867), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), and Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042). After him are Magnus II of Norway (1048), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Ole Einar Bjørndalen (1974), May-Britt Moser (1963), Sigurd II of Norway (1133), and Kirsten Flagstad (1895).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Atle Selberg ranks 3. Before him are Niels Henrik Abel (1802), and Sophus Lie (1842). After him are Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Caspar Wessel (1745), Viggo Brun (1885), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Axel Thue (1863), Carl Størmer (1874), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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