* 19 February 1863, † 7 March 1922
Axel Thue was born on 19 February 1863 in Tönsberg, Norway. Thue studied Diophantine equations, showing that, for example, y3 - 2×2 = 1 cannot be satisfied by infinitely many pairs of integers. Axel Thue died on 7 March 1922 in Oslo, Norway.
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