Otto Frostman
Swedish mathematician (1907–1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Otto Albin Frostman (3 January 1907 – 29 December 1977) was a Swedish mathematician, known for his work in potential theory and complex analysis.
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Otto A. Frostman | |
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Born | (1907-01-03)3 January 1907 |
Died | 29 December 1977(1977-12-29) (aged 70) Djursholm, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Known for | Frostman lemma |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Doctoral advisor | Marcel Riesz |
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Frostman earned his Ph.D. in 1935 at Lund University under the Hungarian-born mathematician Marcel Riesz, the younger brother of Frigyes Riesz. In potential theory, Frostman's lemma is named after him.[1] He supervised the 1971 Stockholm University Ph.D. thesis of Bernt Lindström, which initiated the "Stockholm School" of topological combinatorics (combining simplicial homology and enumerative combinatorics).