In the history of mathematics, Matti Jutila is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Matti Jutila as Finnish mathematician.
Matti Jutila was born at Vesilahti in 1943. His recorded nationality is Finland. He studied at University of Turku.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of Turku.
The recorded fields of work are number theory.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from Finland matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Matti Jutila died in 2026, aged 83. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Turku
- Fields: number theory
