Lars Valerian Ahlfors (1907 to 1996) was a Finnish mathematician regarded as the leading figure in complex analysis during the twentieth century, remembered for his work on Riemann surfaces, quasiconformal mappings and Teichmuller spaces, and for his widely used textbook on complex analysis. In 1936 he was one of the first two mathematicians ever awarded the Fields Medal, alongside the American mathematician Jesse Douglas, and in 1981 he received the Wolf Prize in Mathematics.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own accountMathematics (complex analysis) 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own accountPittsfield, Massachusetts, United States 1 NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountOne of the first two Fields Medalists (1936); work on Riemann surfaces, quasiconformal mappings and Teichmuller spaces 1 BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account In the Other Atlases
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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.
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