Kari Karhunen
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Kari Karhunen was a probabilist
and a mathematical statistician
, of Finnish origin. His name is known to probabilists and statisticians because of the Karhunen–Loève theorem and Karhunen–Loève transform.
Kari Karhunen got his doctoral thesis in 1947 from University of Helsinki, Finland. The topic of his thesis was (in German) Ueber lineare methoden in der Wahrscheinlichheitsrechnung, in English On linear methods in probability and statistics. The advisor of his thesis was the mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna
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Kari Karhunen worked as a lecturer at the University of Helsinki
before leaving the academic world to be employed by the insurance corporation Suomi, becoming CEO of the company in 1963.
Kari Karhunen served in 1955 in the mathematics machine committee which developed the first Finnish computer ESKO
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Probability theory
Probability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of random phenomena. The central objects of probability theory are random variables, stochastic processes, and events: mathematical abstractions of non-deterministic events or measured quantities that may either be single...
and a mathematical statistician
Mathematical statistics
Mathematical statistics is the study of statistics from a mathematical standpoint, using probability theory as well as other branches of mathematics such as linear algebra and analysis...
, of Finnish origin. His name is known to probabilists and statisticians because of the Karhunen–Loève theorem and Karhunen–Loève transform.
Kari Karhunen got his doctoral thesis in 1947 from University of Helsinki, Finland. The topic of his thesis was (in German) Ueber lineare methoden in der Wahrscheinlichheitsrechnung, in English On linear methods in probability and statistics. The advisor of his thesis was the mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna
Rolf Nevanlinna
Rolf Herman Nevanlinna was one of the most famous Finnish mathematicians. He was particularly appreciated for his work in complex analysis.- The Nevanlinna family :...
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Kari Karhunen worked as a lecturer 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...
before leaving the academic world to be employed by the insurance corporation Suomi, becoming CEO of the company in 1963.
Kari Karhunen served in 1955 in the mathematics machine committee which developed the first Finnish computer ESKO
Esko
Esko is a Finnish masculine first name and may refer to:*Esko Aho, a statesman and former Prime Minister of Finland.*Esko Seppänen, a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Left Alliance...
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