Otto A. Frostman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 January 1907 |
| Died | 29 December 1977 (aged 70) Djursholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Known for | Frostman lemma |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Marcel Riesz |
Otto Albin Frostman (3 January 1907 – 29 December 1977) was a Swedish mathematician, known for his work in potential theory and complex analysis.
Frostman earned his Ph.D. in 1935 at Lund University under the Hungarian-born mathematician Marcel Riesz, the younger brother of Frigyes Riesz. In potential theory, Frostman's lemma is named after him.[1] He supervised the 1971 Stockholm University Ph.D. thesis of Bernt Lindström, which initiated the "Stockholm School" of topological combinatorics (combining simplicial homology and enumerative combinatorics).