- Axel Thue
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name = Axel Thue
image_width = 250px
caption = Axel Thue (1863-1922)
birth_date = birth date|1863|2|19|df=y
birth_place =Tönsberg ,Norway
residence =
nationality =
death_date = death date and age|1922|3|7|1863|2|19|df=y
death_place =Oslo ,Norway
field =Mathematician
work_institution = University of KristianaTrondheim Technical College
alma_mater = University of Kristiana
doctoral_advisor =Elling Holst
doctoral_students =Thoralf Skolem
known_for =Thue's theorem
prizes =
religion =Axel Thue (
19 February 1863 –7 March 1922 ) was a Norwegianmathematician , known for highly original work indiophantine approximation , andcombinatorics .He stated in 1914 the so-called "Word problem" or "Thue problem", closely related to the
halting problem . This work is the start of the mathematical basis for a formal solution toRubik's Cube (via groups of combinatorial transformations).His only known PhD student was
Thoralf Skolem .ee also
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Semi-Thue system
*Thue-Morse sequence
*Thue-Siegel-Roth theorem
*Thue equation
*Thue programming language
*Thue's theorem
*Word ProblemExternal links
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*Persondata
NAME= Thue, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= NorwegianMathematician
DATE OF BIRTH=19 February 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH=Tönsberg ,Norway
DATE OF DEATH=7 March 1922
PLACE OF DEATH=Oslo ,Norway
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