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2002—an Honorary Abel Prize to Atle Selberg

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When the Abel Prize was established in 2002 it was decided to award an honorary prize to the renowned Norwegian mathematician Atle Selberg in recognition of his status as one of the world’s leading mathematicians. His contributions to mathematics are so deep and original that his name will always be an important part of the history of mathematics. His special field in mathematics was number theory in a broad sense.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2000)

  • 00-02
  • 00A15
  • 01A70

Selberg’s collected works were published in [1], and an extensive interview appeared in [2].

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References

  1. Selberg, A.: Collected Papers, Vols. I and II. Springer, Berlin (1989 and 1991)

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  2. Baas, N.A., Skau, C.F.: The lord of the numbers, Atle Selberg. On his life and mathematics. Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 45, 617–649 (2008)

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Nils A. Baas

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Helge Holden

  2. Centre of Mathematics for Applications and Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Ragni Piene

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Baas, N.A. (2010). 2002—an Honorary Abel Prize to Atle Selberg. In: Holden, H., Piene, R. (eds) The Abel Prize. The Abel Prize. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01373-7_2

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