What is Sigve Tjøtta?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Sigve Tjøtta | image = Sigve Tjøtta 1966.jpg | caption = Sigve Tjøtta in 1966 | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Klepp]], [[Norway]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|08|28|1930|3|1|df=y}} | death_place = | nationality = [[Norway|Norwegian]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oslo]]<br>[[Brown University]]<br>[[Max Planck Institute]] | field = [[Plasma (physics)|Plasma]],<br>[[Nonlinear acoustics]],<br>[[Hydroacoustics]],<br>[[Acoustic streaming]] | workplaces = [[University of Bergen]],<br>[[University of Texas]] | known_for = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta|Jacqueline Naze]]|1964|2017|reason=her death}} }} '''Sigve Tjøtta''' (1 March 1930 – 28 August 2023) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[mathematician]]. ==Early life== Tjøtta was born in [[Klepp]], Norway. He studied at the [[University of Oslo]], [[Brown University]] and at the [[Max Planck Institute]]. ==Career== He was appointed [[docent]] at the [[University of Bergen]] in 1960, and was promoted to professor in 1963. He replaced [[Oddvar Bjørgum]], and had the job for the university's education in [[applied mathematics]]. His fields of research include [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]], [[nonlinear acoustics]], [[hydroacoustics]] and [[acoustic streaming]].<ref name=bt2/> He was also the dean of the [[University of Bergen#Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences|Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences]] from 1975 to 1977,<ref name=bt2>{{cite news|title=Anvendt matematiker ble ridder|first=Norman|last=Kirkeeide|date=9 February 2002|page=43|work=Bergens Tidende|language=Norwegian}}</ref> and has held positions in [[NAVF]], [[NTVF]], and in the national committee of the [[International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics]]. He has also been a visiting scholar at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. ==Personal life== Tjøtta married [[Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta|Jacqueline Naze]], a colleague, in 1964. They lived in [[Oslo]]. Naze died in March 2017. Tjøtta died in August 2023