Rolf Nevanlinna
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Rolf Herman Nevanlinna was a Finnish mathematician who made significant contributions to complex analysis. He is the namesake of Nevanlinna theory for meromorphic functions.
Rolf Nevanlinna, 1958.
Memorial plaque of Rolf Nevanlinna's birth home, Koulukatu 25, Joensuu, Finland. “Academician Rolf Nevanlinna's (1895–1980) birth home was in a house located here.”
Nevanlinna and his portrait.
Jean Sibelius
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Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often credited with having helped Finland
Rolf Nevanlinna
…to know and love the music of the great composers, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Liszt, as well as the early symphonies of Sibelius. Rolf first met Sibelius's music in 1907, when he heard his Third Symphony. Although later he met Hilbert, Einstein, Thomas Mann and other famous people…
Jean Sibelius circa 1898 1900
Sibelius's birthplace in Hämeenlinna
11-year-old Sibelius in 1876
Sibelius in 1891, when he studied in Vienna