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Otto Frostman

Otto Frostman

Swedish mathematician (1907–1977)


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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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).


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  1. Kjell-Ove Widman (2004). "Household names in Swedish mathematics". EMS Newsletter. 52.



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