Atle Selberg (1917 - 2007)

Born 14 Jun 1917 in Langesund, Bratsberg, Norway

Ancestors

Husband of Hedvig Liebermann — married 13 Aug 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden

Husband of Betty Frances Compton — married 14 Feb 2003 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Died 6 Aug 2007 at age 90 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Atle Selberg is Notable.

Atle was born in 1917. He passed away in 2007. Atle 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.

Selberg made significant contributions to the theory of the Riemann zeta function.

Atle and Hedvig had two children.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Atle Selberg
• Wikidata: Item Q211041, en:Wikipedia
• https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Selberg/
• The National Archives of Norway-Arkivverket; Norway; Church Books 1815-1960; Reference Number: SAKO/A-280/G/Ga/L0006
• Swedish Church Records Archive. Johanneshov, Sweden: Genline AB. 1944-1947 images provided courtesy of ArkivDigital.
• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 100
• The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715, 1897-1957
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9T-C44Q : Fri Jul 21 13:39:14 UTC 2023), Entry for Atle Selberg and Hedvig Selberg, 2 April 1950.
• "United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLW3-72K : 7 July 2017), Atle Selberg, New Jersey, United States, Jun 1954; citing 1954 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 622629, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTS-H4FH : accessed 24 August 2023), Atle Selberg, , ; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Associated Press Archive, born-digital text.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219763489/atle-selberg