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Thoralf Skolem

1887 - 1963

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Thoralf Albert Skolem (Norwegian: [ˈtùːrɑɫf ˈskùːlɛm]; 23 May 1887 – 23 March 1963) was a Norwegian mathematician who worked in mathematical logic and set theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thoralf Skolem has received more than 121,565 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Thoralf Skolem is the 637th most popular mathematician (down from 588th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Norway (down from 249th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Thoralf Skolem ranks 637 out of 823. Before him are Alfréd Haar, Eduard Čech, Robert Simson, Carl Neumann, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, and Francesco Faà di Bruno. After him are Claude Chevalley, Shigefumi Mori, Vladimir Drinfeld, Paul Bernays, Paul du Bois-Reymond, and John Tate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Thoralf Skolem ranks 179. Before him are Norman L. Bowen, Géza Csáth, Hranush Arshagyan, Joseph Orbeli, Georges Vézina, and Yuri Shaporin. After him are Boris Kostić, Igor Severyanin, Sigrid Fick, Louise Arner Boyd, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, and Gregorio Marañón. Among people deceased in 1963, Thoralf Skolem ranks 127. Before him are Louis Bastien, Edwin Linkomies, Benjamin Jones, Robert Kerr, Amelita Galli-Curci, and Ernie Davis. After him are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Boris Kostić, Learco Guerra, Erik Lundqvist, J. D. Tippit, and Sonny Clark.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Thoralf Skolem ranks 258 out of 927. Before him are Kristofer Hivju (1978), Knut Nystedt (1915), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Sigmund Ruud (1907), and Alf Andersen (1906). After him are Berit Mørdre (1940), Therese Johaug (1988), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), Olav Duun (1876), Jan P. Syse (1930), and Knut Johannesen (1933).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Thoralf Skolem ranks 8. Before him are Sophus Lie (1842), Atle Selberg (1917), Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Caspar Wessel (1745), and Viggo Brun (1885). After him are Axel Thue (1863), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Carl Størmer (1874), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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