Bertil Matérn (18 May 1917 – 6 November 2007) was a Swedish statistician. The Matérn covariance function is named after him.
Bertil Matérn | |
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| Born | May 18, 1917 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Died | November 6, 2007 (aged 90) Danderyd, Sweden |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University |
| Known for | Matérn covariance function |
| Spouse | Carin Berglund (m. 1947) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Spatial Variation: Stochastic models and their application to some problems in forest surveys and other sampling investigations (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harald Cramér |
Life and work edit
Bertil Matérn was born on 18 May 1917 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to Ernst Matérn, a pharmacist, and Hedvig Rhedin.[1][2] He studied at Stockholm University, under the supervision of Harald Cramér. [3] He was employed at the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, where he worked on forestry statistics.
Matérn married Carin Berglund in 1947. They had two daughters, Barbro and Gunhild. Matérn died on 6 November 2007 in Danderyd.
References edit
- ^ Ranneby, Bo; von Segebaden, Gustaf (12 November 2007). "Bertil Matérn avliden". Skogen. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Matérn, E Bertil E". Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok. 1969. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Lindgren, Georg; Guttorp, Peter (6 December 2018). "Bertil Matérn" (PDF). Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118445112.stat08143. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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