Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen as mathematician (1935–2022).
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen was born at Frederiksberg in 1935. His recorded nationality is Denmark. He studied at University of Copenhagen.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Aarhus University and Technical University of Munich.
The recorded fields of work are probability theory, mathematics and statistics.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from Denmark matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen died in 2022, aged 87. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Aarhus University and Technical University of Munich
- Fields: probability theory, mathematics and statistics
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