Lars Valerian Ahlfors

1907 - 1996

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Lars Ahlfors was a Finnish mathematician who made important contributions to Complex Analysis and was one of the first recipients of a Fields Medal.
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  1. Obituary: The New York Times

Honours awarded to Lars Ahlfors
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Speaker at International Congress1936
Fields Medal1936
SIAM John von Neumann Lecture1960
Speaker at International Congress1962
Speaker at International Congress1978
Wolf Prize1981
AMS Steele Prize1982

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