Åke Vilhelm Carl Pleijel (10 August 1913 – 24 September 1989) was a Swedish mathematician.
He completed his Ph.D. in
mathematics at
Stockholm University in 1940 (with
Torsten Carleman
Torsten Carleman (8 July 1892, Visseltofta, Osby Municipality – 11 January 1949, Stockholm), born Tage Gillis Torsten Carleman, was a Sweden, Swedish mathematician, known for his results in classical analysis and its applications. As the direct ...
as supervisor), and later became Professor of Mathematics at
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
.
Åke Vilhelm Carl Pleijel published the paper in which the
Minakshisundaram–Pleijel zeta function was introduced.
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1913 births
1989 deaths
Stockholm University alumni
20th-century Swedish mathematicians
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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