Biography:Matti Jutila
Matti Jutila | |
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| Born | 16 March 1943 Vesilahti |
| Died | 7 March 2026 (aged 82) Turku |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Turku |
Matti Ilmari Jutila (16 March 1943 – 7 March 2026) was a mathematician and a professor emeritus at the University of Turku.[1] He researched in the field of analytic number theory.
Education and career
Jutila was born on 16 March 1943 in Vesilahti, Finland.[2] He completed a doctorate at the University of Turku in 1970, with a dissertation related to Linnik's constant supervised by Kustaa Inkeri (fi).[3]
Jutila's work has repeatedly succeeded in lowering the upper bound for Linnik's constant.[4] He is the author of a monograph, Lectures on a method in the theory of exponential sums (1987).[5] According to the Mathematics Genealogy Project, he advised five PhD students, all at the University of Turku.[3] He was elected to membership in the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters in 1982.[6]
Personal life
Jutila died on 7 March 2026.[2]
References
- ↑ "Research of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics". University of Turku. https://www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/mathematics-and-statistics/research.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metsänkylä, Tauno; Vuorinen, Matti; Jutila, Ilkka (26 May 2026). "Merkittävä matemaatikko: Matti Jutila 1943–2026". Helgingin Sanomat: p. B 13. https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000011998860.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matti Jutila at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Guy, Richard (2004), "A4 The prime number race", Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, Problem Books in Mathematics, 1 (3rd ed.), Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 22–25, ISBN 9780387208602, https://books.google.com/books?id=1AP2CEGxTkgC&pg=PA22
- ↑ Reviews of Lectures on a method in the theory of exponential sums: S. W. Graham (1989), MR0910497; Ekkehard Krätzel, Zbl 0671.10031
- ↑ "Finnish Members | 31 December 2023". Yearbook 2023. Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. https://acadsci.fi/en/academy-publications/year-book/year-book-2023/. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
External links
- "Matti Ilmari Jutila author profile". American Mathematical Society. https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/search/author.html?mrauthid=96490.
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