# Mathematician:Lars Valerian Ahlfors

## Mathematician

Finnish mathematician noted for his work in analysis.

### Fields Medal

Lars Valerian Ahlfors was awarded a Fields Medal in $\text {1936}$ at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Oslo:

Awarded medal for research on covering surfaces related to Riemann surfaces of inverse functions of entire and meromorphic functions. Opened up new fields of analysis.

### Wolf Prize

Lars Valerian Ahlfors was awarded a Wolf Prize for Mathematics in $\text {1981}$:

For seminal discoveries and the creation of powerful new methods in geometric function theory.

Finnish

## History

• Born: 18 April 1907, Helsingfors, Finland, Russian Empire (now Helsinki, Finland)
• Died: 11 Oct 1996, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

## Theorems and Definitions

Results named for Lars Valerian Ahlfors can be found here.

## Publications

• 1937: Über die Blochsche Konstante (Math. Z. Vol. 42: pp. 671 – 673) (with Helmut Grunsky)
• 1953: Contributions to the Theory of Riemann Surfaces: Annals of Mathematics Studies (ISBN 0-691-07939-0)