Ola Bratteli (24 October 1946 – 8 February 2015) was a

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mathematician. He was a son of

Trygve Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician with the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as the 26th prime minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1973 to 1976. He was president of the No ...

and

Randi Bratteli Randi Helene Bratteli (née Larssen; 17 September 1924 – 9 December 2002) was a Norwegian journalist. She was born in Hamar as the daughter of Olav Larssen and Aslaug Sigrid Larssen (née Rustad). She married Trygve Bratteli, who served as Prime ...

(née Larssen). He received a

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degree in 1974. He was appointed as professor at the

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in 1980 and at the

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in 1991. He was a member of the

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Selected works

*with Derek W. Robinson: ''Operator Algebras and Quantum Statistical Mechanics'' (Springer-Verlag, 2 volumes, 1980) *''Derivations, Dissipations and Group Actions on C*-algebras'' (Springer-Verlag, 1986) *with Palle T. Jørgensen: ''Wavelets through a looking glass, the world of the spectrum'' (Birkhäuser, 2002)

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1946 births 2015 deaths Norwegian mathematicians Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{Europe-mathematician-stub

Selected works

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