Nevanlinna

Rolf Herman Nevanlinna

Born: 22 Oct 1895 in Joensuu, Finland
Died: 28 May 1980 in Helsinki, Finland

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Nevanlinna read Lindelöf's Introduction to Higher Analysis and became an enthusiastic analyst for the whole of his life. (Lindelöf was a cousin of Nevanlinna's father.)

His most important work was on harmonic measure (which he invented). He also developed the theory of value distribution named after him. after school teaching he became a lecturer at Helsinki University in 1922 where he remained for the rest of his life except for extensive travels he made to many countries.

Since 1982, an award, the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, is presented at the International Congress of Mathematicians. The one prize per congress is for young mathematicians dealing with the mathematical aspects of information science.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. W K Hayman, Rolf Nevanlinna, Bull. London Math. Soc. 14 (1982), 419-436. 
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