Erling Størmer (born 2 November 1937) is a Norwegian people, Norwegian mathematician, who has mostly worked with operator algebras. He was born in Oslo as a son of Leif Størmer. He was a grandson of Carl Størmer and nephew of Per Størmer. He took his doctorate at Columbia University in 1963 with thesis advisor Richard Kadison, and was a professor at the University of Oslo from 1974 to his retirement in 2007. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2013-08-05.

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1937 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian mathematicians Columbia University alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Scientists from Oslo Presidents of the Norwegian Mathematical Society {{Europe-mathematician-stub

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