death_date death_place birth_place influences awards image_size nationality field birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name alma_mater
6 august 2007 princeton , new jersey , united states langesund , norway srinivasa ramanujan abel medal -lrb- 1950 -rrb- wolf prize -lrb- 1986 -rrb- gunnerus prize medal -lrb- 2002 -rrb- -lrb- honorary -rrb- -lrb- 2002 -rrb- fields 200px norwegian mathematics 14 june 1917 chowla selberg relations selberg class selberg 's conjecture selberg integral selberg -- trace formula selberg zeta function selberg sieve selberg formula critical line theorem maass -- hedvig liebermann atle selberg.jpg atle selberg
 atle selberg university of oslo
atle selberg

atle selberg -lrb- 14 june 1917 -- 6 august 2007 -rrb- was a norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory , and in the theory of automorphic forms , in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory .
he was awarded the fields medal in 1950 .
