Axel Thue
Mathematician, Academic
1863 – 1922
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Who was Axel Thue?
Axel Thue, 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.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1863
Tønsberg - Nationality
- Norway
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oslo
- Employment
- University of Oslo
- Lived in
- Tønsberg
- Norway
- Died
- Mar 7, 1922
Oslo
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on July 23, 2013
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