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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 [ edit ]
As he related, his father, Karl Axel Mauritz Ahlfors (1874-1961), who used the name Axel, was professor of mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute in Helsingfors. Tragically his mother, Sievä Matilda Helander (1881-1907), died in childbirth when he was born. Lars had two older sisters, Aune (1902-1921) and Isa (1905-1990).
Ahlf ors, Lars Valerian, date Complex analysis. (International series in pure and applied mathematics) Includes index. 1. Analytic functions. I. Title. QA331.A45 1979 515' .93 78-17078 ISBN M7-000657-1
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. Ahlfors received his Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki in 1932.
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Required Text: Lars V. Ahlfors,Complex Analysis. The book is out of print but the coursepack is available at the University of Toronto Bookstore . Prerequisites: (MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5),(MAT202H5 or MAT240H5), and (MAT232H5, MAT233H5, or MAT257Y5).
From the : Lars Valerian Ahlfors, William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, died of pneumonia on Oct. 11 in Pittsfield, Mass., at the age of 89. Ahlfors won the first Fields Medal awarded by the International Mathematics Society in 1936, a quadrennial award considered equivalent, in mathematics, to the Nobel Prize.
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Lars Valerian Ahlfors was born in Helsingfors, Finland, on April 18, 1907. He studied mathemat- ics with Ernst Lindelöf at Helsingfors University and earned the doctorate in 1928. Ahlfors accepted a position at Harvard University and moved to Cambridge in 1935. He spent most of his profes- sional life at Harvard, with a period in Europe (pri ...
