Gösta Mittag-Leffler worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Gösta Mittag-Leffler as Swedish mathematician (1846–1927).
Gösta Mittag-Leffler was born at Klara Church Parish in 1846. His recorded nationality is Sweden. He studied at Uppsala University and Klara skola.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at Stockholm University, Uppsala University and University of Helsinki.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics, complex analysis and analytic geometry.
Among his principal contributions are Mittag-Leffler function, Mittag-Leffler's theorem and Mittag-Leffler distribution. A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from Sweden matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Gösta Mittag-Leffler died in 1927, aged 81. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Mittag-Leffler function
- Notable work: Mittag-Leffler's theorem
- Notable work: Mittag-Leffler distribution
- Notable work: Mittag-Leffler polynomials
- Held posts at Stockholm University, Uppsala University and University of Helsinki
- Fields: mathematics, complex analysis and analytic geometry
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