Alf Victor Guldberg is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Alf Victor Guldberg as Norwegian mathematician.
Alf Victor Guldberg was born at Christiania in 1866. His recorded nationality is Norway. He studied at University of Oslo.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at University of Oslo.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics, algebra and mathematical analysis.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Norway matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Alf Victor Guldberg died in 1936, aged 70. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Oslo
- Fields: mathematics, algebra and mathematical analysis
