- Ole A. Nielsen
Infobox_Scientist
name = Ole A. Nielsen
residence =Canada
nationality =Canadian
field =Mathematics
alma_mater =University of British Columbia
work_institution =Queen's University
doctoral_advisor = D. BuresOle A. Nielsen is an associate professor of mathematics at
Queen's University in Kingston,Ontario .Career
A native of
British Columbia , Nielsen obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. inMathematics fromUniversity of British Columbia (his doctoral advisor was D. Bures, and his thesis was titled Abelian Subalgebras, published in 1968)Fact.Nielsen's main interests are
measure theory andfractals . He also expresses an interest in mathematical logic (though he is not pursuing research in this field), and has frequently taught fourth-year seminars in this area.Nielsen is currently the undergraduate chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at
Queen's University .Nielsen is praised for being highly approachable. He is author of the book An Introduction to Integration and Measure Theory, which may be found at: http://www.amazon.ca/Introduction-Integration-Measure-Theory/dp/0471595187
External links
* [http://www.mast.queensu.ca/people/profiles/nielsen.php Official site]
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