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Viggo Brun

University of Oslo (NO) · 1885-1978

A foundational figure in additive number theory whose career predates the arXiv and OpenAlex digital record this directory is built from. Listed here so the lineage behind the modern field stays visible.

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Created the modern sieve (Brun's sieve) and proved the sum of reciprocals of twin primes converges; Brun's constant is named for him

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