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Rolf Nevanlinna
Rolf Herman Nevanlinna was a Finnish mathematician who made significant contributions to complex analysis. He is the namesake of Nevanlinna theory for meromorphic functions.
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science · Finnish mathematician (1895–1980) · mathematician · university teacher · also Rolf Nevanlinna, Rolf Herman Nevanlinna, Nevanlinna
Born 22 October 1895 · Died 28 May 1980 · Q540981
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2022· 1 entry
2018· 1 entry
The General Assembly of the IMU approved a resolution to remove Nevanlinna's name from the prize
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2009· 1 entry
Helsingin Sanomat: Rolf Nevanlinna -instituutin tukisäätiö...
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1981· 1 entry
Decided to create a prize, similar to the Fields Medal, in theoretical computer science and the funding for the prize was secured from Finland, the Union decided to give Nevanlinna's name to the prize; the Rolf Nevanlin
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1980· 1 entry
Died 1980-05-28.
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1975).
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Henrik Steffens Prize (1967).
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1965· 1 entry
Nevanlinna was an honorary guest at a function theory congress in Soviet Armenia
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1964· 1 entry
Nevanlinna's connections with President Urho Kekkonen were instrumental in bringing about a total reorganization of the Academy of Finland
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1960).
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1959· 2 entries
Career landmark: chairperson (1959–1962).
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Written in collaboration with his brother Frithiof)
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1958· 2 entries
Awarded Wihuri International Prize (1958).
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Married the author Sinikka Kallio-Visapää
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1957· 1 entry
Directed by Nevanlinna, was one of the first post-war occasions when Soviet mathematicians could contact their Western colleagues in person
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1956· 1 entry
Nevanlinna was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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1948· 2 entries
Paasikivi appointed Nevanlinna as one of its members, explaining that Nevanlinna's earlier conduct had been in accordance with the official policy of the time
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A permanent position as one of the 12 salaried Academicians in the newly created Academy of Finland
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1942· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the German Eagle (1942).
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Won Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class (1942).
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Awarded Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1942).
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A committee was established for the Volunteer Battalion to take care of the battalion's somewhat strained relations with its German commanders, and Nevanlinna was chosen to be the chairman of the committee, as he was a p
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1941· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania (1941).
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Career landmark: rector (1941–1945).
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Defeating Edwin Linkomies by 35 votes to 29
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1940· 2 entries
Awarded Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class (1940).
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1940).
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1936).
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1919· 3 entries
Nevanlinna presented his thesis, entitled Über beschränkte Funktionen die in gegebenen Punkten vorgeschriebene Werte annehmen ("On limited functions prescribed values at given points"), to Lindelöf, his doctoral advisor
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Studied at University of Helsinki (1913–1919).
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There were no university posts available so he became a school teacher
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1918· 1 entry
But likewise was unable to take up a post at a university, and instead began working as a mathematician for an insurance company
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1913· 2 entries
Having performed very well, although he was not the top student of his year
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And received his Master of Philosophy in mathematics in 1917
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1903· 1 entry
When the family moved to Helsinki, where his father took up a new post as a teacher at Helsinki High School
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1895· 1 entry
Born 1895-10-22.
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1879· 1 entry
Showing that a non-constant complex-valued function which is analytic in the entire complex plane assumes all complex values save at most one
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