| − | Atle Selberg (1917) is a Norwegian mathematician who provided an 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. | + | 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 introduced spectral theory into number theory an developed the Selberg trace formula. | + | 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. |