Nationality Norwegian Name Axel Thue Fields Mathematician Doctoral students Thoralf Skolem Residence Norway | Doctoral advisor Elling Holst Education University of Oslo Thesis (1889) Role Mathematician | |
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Born 19 February 1863
Tonsberg, Norway ( 1863-02-19 ) Institutions University of Kristiania
Trondheim Technical College Alma mater University of Kristiania Died March 7, 1922, Oslo, Norway Books Selected mathematical papers of Axel Thue, Axel Thue's Papers on Repetitions in Words: A Translation People also search for Jean Berstel, Thoralf Skolem, Elling Bolt Holst | ||
Axel Thue ([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.
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