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Tord Hall

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Tord Hall (7 January 1910 - 30 September 1987) was a Swedish mathematician, university professor and bestselling author.

Life

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He was born in 1910 in Jönköping, Sweden,[1] and died in 1987.[1]

Career

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He completed his Ph.D. in mathematics from Uppsala University.[2] His PhD advisor was Arne Beurling.[2] The title of his PhD thesis was On Polynomials bounded at an Infinity of Points.

From 1959 to 1975, he was a professor of mathematics at Uppsala University.[1] He published several mathematical theorems.[3]

In addition to his academic career, he also worked as an employee for newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and Sveriges Radio, the national Swedish radio.

Bibliography

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He is most well known as the biographer of Carl Gauss (Biography of Carl Gauss).[4][5] It was translated into English by Albert Froderberg.[6]

The book generally received favorable reviews.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tord Hall | Nationalencyklopedin". Ne.se. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  2. ^ a b "The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Tord Hall". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  3. ^ Hayman, W. K. (March 1974). "On a theorem of Tord Hall". Duke Mathematical Journal. 41 (1): 25–26. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-74-04103-9. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. ^ Stephen G. Brush (1996-02-23). "A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Transmuted Past". Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  5. ^ Martin Gardiner. "Mathematical Puzzling". Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  6. ^ "Carl Friedrich Gauss, A Biography by Tord Hall. by (Hall, Tord.) from Richard Press Art Books | Sacramento, CA". Bibliopolis. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  7. ^ Tord Hall. "Tord Hall (Author of Carl Friedrich Gauss)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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