And today (Sept 24th) he made it into the obituary pages of no less than the (ex Manchester) Guardian (having succumbed on Aug 6th): better --- uh --- later than late. Doesn't seem likely that many mathematicians would have have their obits ready written for them, thinking about it. WFL On 8/30/07, Michael Kleber <michael.kleber@gmail.com> wrote:
Steve Gray wrote:
It would be interesting to see how many other US newspapers mentioned his death. Random guess: none. Anyone?
http://news.google.com/news?q=Atle+Selberg
...actually shows eight distinct stories, including ones in the NYTimes and Washington Post. What fame!
--Michael Kleber
-- It is very dark and after 2000. If you continue you are likely to be eaten by a bleen.
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