Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds

Latvian mathematician (1942-2016)

Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds (10 November 1942 – 4 January 2016) was a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician. He was a member of Latvian Academy of Sciences from 1992. He discovered Freivalds' algorithm. He also taught at the University of Latvia with students including Daina Taimina and Andris Ambainis. He was born in Cesvaine and studied at Moscow State University (MSU).

Freivalds in June 2009.

Freivalds died from a heart attack[1] on 4 January 2016 in Riga, aged 73.[2]

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  1. "Rūsiņš Freivalds (1942-2016)". Computational Complexity. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. "Mūžībā aizgājis profesors Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds". delfi.lv (in Latvian). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.