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    Lars Ahlfors. Lars Valerian Ahlfors (18 April 1907 – 11 October 1996) was a Finnish mathematician, remembered for his work in the field of Riemann surfaces and his textbook on complex analysis . Background. Ahlfors was born in Helsinki, Finland. [1] [2] His mother, Sievä Helander, died at his birth.

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · Lars Valerian Ahlfors (born April 18, 1907, Helsinki, Fin.—died Oct. 11, 1996, Pittsfield, Mass., U.S.) was a Finnish mathematician who was awarded one of the first two Fields Medals in 1936 for his work with Riemann surfaces. He also won the Wolf Prize in 1981.

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  3. Oct 11, 1996 · Quick Info. Born. 18 April 1907. Helsingfors, Finland, Russian Empire (now Helsinki, Finland) Died. 11 October 1996. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA. Summary. Lars Ahlfors was a Finnish mathematician who made important contributions to Complex Analysis and was one of the first recipients of a Fields Medal. View seven larger pictures. Biography.

  4. Ahlfors was best known for his work in complex analysis, a fundamental subject with many applications from number theory to modern physics. His textbook, Complex Analysis, first published in 1953, with new editions in 1966 and 1979, is still considered the leading text in the field.

  5. Lars V. Ahlfors Donald J. Albers Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907–1996) was born in Helsinki, Finland, and earned his PhD at the University of Helsinki under Ernst Lin­ delöf in 1928. In 1935 he came to Harvard University for three years but then returned to Helsinki to help carry on its mathematical tradition. Forced to leave by World War II, he

  6. Oct 20, 1996 · Lars Valerian Ahlfors, a mathematician whose mind plumbed the theoretical outer reaches of higher mathematics, died on Oct. 11 at the Willowood nursing home in Pittsfield, Mass. He was 89 and...

  7. Mar 27, 2018 · Abstract. Lars Valerian Ahlfors was arguably the preeminent complex function theorist of the twentieth century. With a career spanning more than sixty years, Ahlfors made decisive contributions to areas ranging from meromorphic curves to value distribution theory, Riemann surfaces, conformal geometry, extremal length, quasiconformal mappings ...

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