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Line 1: − Atle Selberg was born in Langesund, Norway, on 14th June, 1917. He studied mathematics at the University of Oslo and obtained his Ph.D in 1943. <ref>[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAselberg.htm Atle Selberg]</ref>+ − − He is a Norwegian mathematician who provided a long-awaited elementary proof in 1948 of the prime number theorem, around the same time that [[Paul Erdős]] provided an independent proof. He immigrated to the United States and works at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. − − He introduced spectral theory into number theory and developed the Selberg trace formula. − − ==references== − − − − ==exterior links== − − [http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Selberg.html A Biography of Atle Selberg]
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