Atle Selberg ✓

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Norwegian mathematician (1917–2007)

About Atle Selberg

Atle Selberg 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. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 and an honorary Abel Prize in 2002.

Notable works:

Number theory, trace formulas, and discrete groups

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The thing is, it's very dangerous to have a fixed idea. A person with a fixed idea will always find some way of convincing himself… Always Find
A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem. Conjecture

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