Enok Palm

Enok Johannes Palm (5 December 1924 – 31 August 2012) was a Norwegian mathematician.

He was born in Kristiansand. He took the cand.real. degree in 1950 and the dr.philos. degree at the University of Oslo in 1954. He was a professor in mechanics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1960 to 1963 and professor of applied mathematics at the University of Oslo until 1963 to 1994. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1959 and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1961. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1993.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Enok Palm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Gjevik, Bjørn. "Enok Palm". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Lippestad, Jenny (3 December 1999). "75 år: Professor i anvendt matematikk: Kan tenke uten tall". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Enok Johannes Palm 75 år 5. desember" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 12 November 1999.
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