MATHEMATICIAN

Axel Thue

1863 - 1922

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Axel Thue (Norwegian: [tʉː]; 19 February 1863 – 7 March 1922) was a Norwegian mathematician, known for his original work in diophantine approximation and combinatorics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Axel Thue has received more than 76,854 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Axel Thue is the 727th most popular mathematician (down from 655th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Norway (down from 267th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Axel Thue ranks 727 out of 1,004Before him are Eliyahu Rips, Yuri Matiyasevich, Maxim Kontsevich, Paul du Bois-Reymond, Charles Hutton, and Alicia Boole Stott. After him are Wilhelm Killing, William Kahan, Oswald Teichmüller, Stanisław Zaremba, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, and Antanas Mockus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Axel Thue ranks 134Before him are Dmitry Grave, Alexander Serafimovich, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, János Hadik, Zabel Sibil Asadour, and Victor Basch. After him are Stanisław Zaremba, Richard Wettstein, Samuel P. Bush, Sylvain Lévi, Ekvtime Takaishvili, and Blanche Bingley. Among people deceased in 1922, Axel Thue ranks 107Before him are Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ferdinand Keller, José de Amézola y Aspizúa, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, Berthold Delbrück, and Take Ionescu. After him are Josef Václav Myslbek, Betzy Akersloot-Berg, František Ondříček, Gaston Bonnier, Lev Chugaev, and Vilma Hugonnai.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Axel Thue ranks 301 out of 1,039Before him are Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966), Knud Knudsen (1812), Petter Solberg (1974), Karoline Krüger (1970), Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), and Asbjørn Ruud (1919). After him are Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Finn Helgesen (1919), Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Jahn Teigen (1949), Gunnar Knudsen (1848), and Jan Kjærstad (1953).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Axel Thue ranks 10Before him are Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Caspar Wessel (1745), Viggo Brun (1885), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Thoralf Skolem (1887), and Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795). After him are Carl Størmer (1874), and Øystein Ore (1899).