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Anders Wiman

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Nationality
  
Sweden

Alma mater
  
Lund University


Institutions
  
Fields
  
Name
  
Anders Wiman

Born
  
11 February 1865Hammerlof, Malmohus County (
1865-02-11
)

Died
  
13 August 1959(1959-08-13) (aged 94)Lund

Doctoral advisor
  
Carl Fabian Bjorling

Anders Wiman (11 February 1865 – 13 August 1959) was a Swedish mathematician.

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Life

Wiman attained his doctorate from Lund University in 1892, under supervision of Carl Fabian Björling. He later taught at Uppsala University, where Arne Beurling and Fritz Carlson were among his students.

Awards

He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905.

Work

He introduced Wiman's sextic curve.

References

Anders Wiman Wikipedia


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