Back ارنست سيجيرستد سيلمر ARZ Ernst Sejersted Selmer German エルンスト・セルマー Japanese Ernst Sejersted Selmer NN Ernst S. Selmer NB Ernst Sejersted Selmer Swedish Ernst Sejersted Selmer Volapuk
Ernst Sejersted Selmer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 February 1920 |
| Died | 8 November 2006 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Known for | Advanced research within cryptography that formed the basis of modern crypto machines in NATO and NSA |
| Awards | Order of St. Olav |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics, Cryptography, Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Oslo University of Bergen |
Ernst Sejersted Selmer (11 February 1920[1] – 8 November 2006) was a Norwegian mathematician, who worked in number theory, as well as a cryptologist. The Selmer group of an Abelian variety is named after him. His primary contributions to mathematics reside within the field of diophantine equations.[2] He started working as a cryptologist during the Second World War;[3] due to his work, Norway became a NATO superpower in the field of encryption.[4]
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- ^ Selmer, Ernst S. (1993), "From the Memoirs of a Norwegian Cryptologist", EUROCRYPT, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 765, pp. 142–150, doi:10.1007/3-540-48285-7_12, ISBN 978-3-540-57600-6
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