About Sigmund Selberg
Lived 1910 – 1994 (aged 83). Sigmund Selberg was a Norwegian mathematician.
Sigmund Selberg (11 August 1910 – 20 April 1994) was a Norwegian mathematician. He was born in Langesund as the son of Ole Michael Ludvigsen Selberg and Anna Kristina Brigtsdatter Skeie. He was twin brother of Arne Selberg and brother of Henrik Selberg and Atle Selberg. He was appointed professor of mathematics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim from 1947 to 1977. His works mainly focused on the distribution of prime numbers.
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Norwegian mathematician (1910-1994)
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Sigmund Selberg was born on 11 August 1910 in Langesund, Bamble.
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Sigmund Selberg died on 20 April 1994 in Trondheim.
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Sigmund Selberg was a mathematician.
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Sigmund Selberg was Norwegian.
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