Hjalmar Mellin
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Robert Hjalmar Mellin was a Finnish
mathematician
and functional theorist.
He studied at the University of Helsinki
and later in Berlin
under Karl Weierstrass
. He is most noted as the developer of the integral transform known as the Mellin transform
. He was appointed professor at the Polytechnic Institute in Helsinki that was to become Helsinki University of Technology
, with Mellin as the first rector.
At the end of his career he is also known for his critical opposition to the theory of relativity
. He published several papers in which he tried to argue against the theory of relativity mostly from a philosophical standpoint. In his private life he was known as an outspoken fennoman
, that is, a proponent of adopting the Finnish language as language of state and culture instead of the Swedish one that had been mainly used up to that point in the young republic of Finland.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and functional theorist.
He studied at the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
and later in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
under Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass was a German mathematician who is often cited as the "father of modern analysis".- Biography :Weierstrass was born in Ostenfelde, part of Ennigerloh, Province of Westphalia....
. He is most noted as the developer of the integral transform known as the Mellin transform
Mellin transform
In mathematics, the Mellin transform is an integral transform that may be regarded as the multiplicative version of the two-sided Laplace transform...
. He was appointed professor at the Polytechnic Institute in Helsinki that was to become Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology
Aalto University School of Science and Technology , was the temporary name for Helsinki University of Technology during the process of forming the Aalto University...
, with Mellin as the first rector.
At the end of his career he is also known for his critical opposition to the theory of relativity
Theory of relativity
The theory of relativity, or simply relativity, encompasses two theories of Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity. However, the word relativity is sometimes used in reference to Galilean invariance....
. He published several papers in which he tried to argue against the theory of relativity mostly from a philosophical standpoint. In his private life he was known as an outspoken fennoman
Fennoman
The Fennomans were the most important political movement in the 19th century Grand Principality of Finland. They succeeded the fennophile interests of the 18th and early 19th century.-History:...
, that is, a proponent of adopting the Finnish language as language of state and culture instead of the Swedish one that had been mainly used up to that point in the young republic of Finland.