Axel Thue
For other uses, see Axel Thue (actor).
| Axel Thue | |
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Axel Thue (1863-1922) | |
| Born |
19 February 1863 Tønsberg, Norway |
| Died |
7 March 1922 (aged 59) Oslo, Norway |
| Residence | Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions |
University of Kristiania Trondheim Technical College |
| Alma mater | University of Kristiania |
| Thesis | (1889) |
| Doctoral advisor | Elling Holst |
| Doctoral students | Thoralf Skolem |
| Known for | Thue's theorem, Thue systems |
Axel Thue (Norwegian: [tʉː]; 19 February 1863 – 7 March 1922), was a Norwegian mathematician, known for highly original work in diophantine approximation, and combinatorics.
He stated in 1914 the so-called word problem for semigroups or Thue problem, closely related to the halting problem.
His only known PhD student was Thoralf Skolem.
The esoteric programming language Thue is named after him.
See also
- Semi-Thue system
- Thue–Morse sequence
- Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem
- Thue equation
- Thue programming language
- Thue's theorem
- Word problem
Publications
- Thue, A. (1909), "Über Annäherungswerte algebraischer Zahlen", Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 135: 284–305, doi:10.1515/crll.1909.135.284, ISSN 0075-4102
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Axel Thue", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Axel Thue at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Axel Thue private archive exists at NTNU University Library Dorabiblioteket
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