Mathematician:Atle Selberg

Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms.

Instrumental in developing a proof of the Prime Number Theorem. Engaged in a bitter dispute with Paul Erdős over priority.

Nationality
Norwegian

History

 * Born: 14 June 1917 in Langesund, Norway
 * Died: 6 August 2007 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Selberg Sieve
 * Selberg Trace Formula
 * Chowla-Selberg Formula (with Sarvadaman Chowla)

Books and Papers

 * 1936: On some arithmetical identities
 * 1943: On the zeros of Riemann's zeta-function
 * 1949: An elementary proof of the prime number theorem
 * 1949: An elementary proof of Dirichlet's theorem about primes in an arithmetic progression
 * 1950: An elementary proof of the prime number theorem for arithmetic progressions
 * 1989: Reflections Around the Ramanujan Centenary