Lars Ahlfors: at the summit of mathematics
Biography of Finnish American mathematician, Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996)
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| Summary: | Biography of Finnish American mathematician, Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996) |
| Physical Description: | VIII, 125 Seiten Illustrationen (teilweise farbig) 26 cm |
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Preface to the English Edition vii
To the reader vii
Acknowledgements vii
Family Background 1
The tale of career choice 1
Father’s side of the family 1
Mother and her family 3
Father and professor 7
Exceptional Talent Emerges 9
The first years of life 9
Wunderkind 11
Student of mathematics 13
Mathematical breakthrough 16
Mathematical Renown Secured 21
Doctor and academic teacher 21
Marriage 22
Active researcher 26
Masterwork 27
To America and Back Again 31
First impressions at Harvard University 31
Fields Medal 32
Research in a cultural milieu 35
Return to Finland 37
War Years in Finland 41
Andre Weil 41
The Winter War 42
The Continuation War 44
Leaving Finland 47
In Sweden and Switzerland 51
Waiting in Sweden 51
Professor at the University of Zürich 54
Visiting the Copenhagen Congress 57
Professorship at Harvard University 59
To the United States permanently 59
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Collaboration with Arne Beurling 61
Invitation to Sweden 62
International Congress of Mathematicians at Harvard 64
Social talent 65
Educator 67
The Legacy of Riemann and Teichmiiller 71
The idol Bernhard Riemann 71
Classification of open Riemann surfaces 72
Clearing up Teichmiiller’s work 73
Teichmiiller spaces 75
An interlude concerning Riemann surfaces 76
The boundary function of quasiconformal mapping 76
Complex analysis colloquium in Helsinki 77
Rapid development of the theory of quasiconformal mappings 78
Quasiconformal mappings come to Finland 80
New Research and Return to the Old 83
The Beltrami differential equation 83
Quasicircles and literature 84
Contacts with Soviet mathematicians 85
Kleinian groups 86
Seminar in Romania 88
Monograph on conformal invariants 88
Complex analysis at the University of Maryland 89
Distinctions 91
Wihuri International Prize 91
Summer place in Maine 91
International Congress in the native city 93
Wolf Prize 96
Honorary president of ICM-86 98
Other honors 100
Additions to the Portrait 103
Research work ends 103
Direction indicator for complex analysis 105
Cultural pursuits 106
Final years 107
Epilogue in Finland 111
Fields Medal to Helsinki 111
Lars’ and Erna’s ashes to the Ahlfors family grave 111
Lars Ahlfors Centennial Celebration 113
Sources 119
Books and journals 119
Archives 121
Private sources 121
Index
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