Bent Fuglede (born 8 October 1925) is a Danish mathematician and, since 1992, professor emeritus at the

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Biography

He is known for his contributions to mathematical analysis, in particular

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, where he has proved Fuglede's theorem and stated Fuglede's conjecture. Fuglede graduated from Skt. Jørgens Gymnasium 1943 and received his mag. scient. og cand. mag. in 1948 at the

after which he studied in USA until 1951. In 1952 he was employed as scientific assistant at

Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt The Technical University of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's fi ...

and in 1954 as amanuensis at Matematisk Institut University of Copenhagen, in 1958 associate professor, and in 1959 head of department.''70 år: Bent Fuglede'' Politiken, 07.10.1995, 1. sektion, Side 15''Matematik for viderekomne. 70 i dag'' Berlingske Tidende, 08.10.1995, 2.sekt, Magasin, Side 13 Fuglede also spent one year in Lund (Sweden) as Nordic docent. Fuglede received his dr.phil. (Ph.D.) in 1960 from the University of Copenhagen; his

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was

Børge Jessen Børge Christian Jessen (19 June 1907 – 20 March 1993) was a Denmark, Danish mathematician best known for his work in Mathematical analysis, analysis, specifically on the Riemann zeta function, and in geometry, specifically on Hilbert's third pr ...

. after which he became professor of math at

Danmarks tekniske Højskole The Technical University of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's fir ...

. In 1965 he became professor of math at the University of Copenhagen, where he stayed until his retirement in 1992. He is a member of the

Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters {{Infobox organization , name = The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters , full_name = , native_name = Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab , native_name_lang = , logo = Royal ...

, the

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Finnish ''Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia''; Latin ''Academia Scientiarum Fennica'') is a Finnish learned society. It was founded in 1908 and is thus the second oldest academy in Finland. The oldest is the Fi ...

. and the ''Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften''. In 2012 he became a fellow of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

Books

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Personal life

Fuglende was married to

Ólafía Einarsdóttir Ólafía Einarsdóttir (28 July 1924 – 19 December 2017) was an Iceland, Icelandic archaeologist and historian, specialising in Icelandic chronology. She was the first Icelander to complete a degree in archaeology. After completing her PhD fro ...

, an Icelandic archeologist and historian. They had one child together, Einar.

References

External links

Fuglede's homepage
at the University of Copenhagen 1925 births Living people Danish mathematicians Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen Fellows of the American Mathematical Society {{Europe-mathematician-stub