Axel Thue

Axel Thue
Axel Thue (1863-1922)
Born(1863-02-19)19 February 1863
Died7 March 1922(1922-03-07) (aged 59)
EducationUniversity of Kristiania
Known forThue equation
Thue problem
Thue's lemma
Thue's theorem
Thue–Morse sequence
Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem
Prouhet–Thue–Morse constant
AwardsFridtjof Nansen Prize (1913)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
WorkplacesUniversity of Kristiania
Trondheim Technical College
Thesis (1889)
Elling Holst
Doctoral students
Thoralf Skolem

Axel Thue (Norwegian: [tʉː]; 19 February 1863 – 7 March 1922) was a Norwegian mathematician, known for his original work in diophantine approximation and combinatorics.