Editing Axel Thue (section)

{{Short description|Norwegian mathematician (1863–1922)}}
{{otheruses|Axel Thue (actor)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Axel Thue
| image = Axel Thue.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Axel Thue (1863-1922)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tønsberg]], [[Norway]]
| nationality = [[Norway|Norwegian]] 
| death_date =  {{death date and age|1922|3|7|1863|2|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| field = [[Mathematician]]
| work_institution = [[Oslo University|University of Kristiania]]<br>[[Trondheim Technical College]]
| alma_mater = [[Oslo University|University of Kristiania]]
| thesis_title =        <!--(or  | thesis1_title =  and  | thesis2_title = )-->
| thesis_url  =         <!--(or  | thesis1_url  =   and  | thesis2_url  =  )-->
| thesis_year = 1889
| doctoral_advisor = [[Elling Holst]]
| doctoral_students = [[Thoralf Skolem]]
| known_for  = [[Thue equation]]<br>[[Semi-Thue system|Thue problem]]<br>[[Thue's lemma]]<br>[[Kepler_conjecture#Related_problems|Thue's theorem]]<br>[[Thue–Morse sequence]]<br>[[Roth's theorem|Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem]]<br>{{no wrap|[[Prouhet–Thue–Morse constant]]}}
| prizes = [[Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research|Fridtjof Nansen Prize]] (1913)
| religion = 
}}
'''Axel Thue''' ({{IPA|no|tʉː|lang}}; 19 February 1863 – 7 March 1922) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[mathematician]], known for his original work in [[diophantine approximation]] and [[combinatorics]].