Erling Størmer
Norwegian mathematician (born 1937)
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Erling Størmer (born 2 November 1937) is a Norwegian mathematician, who has mostly worked with operator algebras.
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| Born | Erling Størmer 2 November 1937 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Fields | mathematics |
He was born in Oslo as a son of Leif Størmer.[1] He was a grandson of Carl Størmer and nephew of Per Størmer.[2] He took his doctorate at Columbia University in 1963 with thesis advisor Richard Kadison,[3] and was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1974 to his retirement in 2007.[1]
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[4] In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5]
