Jacqueline Andrée Naze Tjøtta (1 June 1935 – 9 March 2017) was a Norwegian mathematician who became the first female mathematical sciences professor in Norway.

Jacqueline Naze was born in Montpellier, France, to musician Maurize André Naze and Renée Marie Courbet. She graduated in mathematics from the Aix-Marseille University and Sorbonne, Paris. She married Norwegian mathematician Sigve Tjøtta in 1964. She was appointed professor in applied mathematics at the University of Bergen from 1966. Her research interests focused on kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics and theoretical acoustics.

Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta

She died in Oslo on 9 March 2017 at the age of 81.

Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta

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1935 births

2017 deaths

Scientists from Montpellier

Aix-Marseille University alumni

College of Sorbonne alumni

French emigrants to Norway

French women mathematicians

Norwegian women mathematicians

Academic staff of the University of Bergen

Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta