Lars Ahlfors
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- Born
- 18 April 1907
- Died
- 11 October 1996
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Riemann surfaces
- Lectures on quasiconformal mapping
- Möbius transformations in several dimensions
- Advances in the Theory of Riemann Surfaces. (Am-66)
- Lectures on quasiconformal mappings
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Effect of the damping function in dispersion corrected density functional theory
· 2011 · cited 25,555x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,371x
- ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates
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- STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets
· 2018 · cited 15,378x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1907-04-18 ) 18 April 1907, Helsinki , Finland
- Died
- 11 October 1996 (1996-10-11) (aged 89), Pittsfield, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Helsinki
- Known for
- Analytic capacity , Riemann surfaces , Quasiconformal mappings , Denjoy-Carleman-Ahlfors theorem , Ahlfors finiteness theorem for Kleinian groups , Ahlfors theory , Conformal geometry , Geometric function theory
- Awards
- Fields Medal (1936), Wihuri Prize (1968), Wolf Prize (1981), Leroy P. Steele Prize (1982)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Åbo Akademi , University of Helsinki , ETH Zurich , Harvard University
- Doctoral advisor
- Ernst Lindelöf , Rolf Nevanlinna
- Doctoral students
- Paul Garabedian , Dale Husemoller , James A. Jenkins , Albert Marden , Robert Osserman , Henry Pollak , Halsey Royden , George Springer
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 April 1907
- Died
- 1 October 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Valerian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Place of death
- Pittsfield
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
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Lars Valerian Ahlfors (18 April 1907 – 11 October 1996) was a Finnish mathematician and the leading figure in complex analysis during the 20th century. He is remembered for his work on Riemann surfaces, quasiconformal mappings and Teichmüller spaces, and for his textbook on complex analysis. In 1936 Ahlfors was one of the first two recipients of the Fields Medal, along with American mathematician Jesse Douglas, and in 1981 he received the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.
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1907 births1996 deaths20th-century Finnish mathematiciansAcademic staff of the Helsinki University of TechnologyComplex analystsFields MedalistsFinnish emigrants to the United StatesForeign members of the Russian Academy of SciencesForeign members of the USSR Academy of SciencesHarvard University Department of Mathematics facultyInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholars