Arto Salomaa
Arto Salomaa | |
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Salomaa in 2005 | |
| Born | 6 June 1934 Turku, Finland |
| Died | 26 January 2025 (aged 90) Kauhajoki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Alma mater | Turun Yliopisto |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Computer science |
| Institutions | Turun Yliopisto |
| Thesis | On the Composition of Functions of Several Variables Ranging Over a Finite Set (1960) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kustaa Inkeri |
| Doctoral students | Neil D. Jones Juhani Karhumäki Jarkko Kari Lila Kari Paul Vitanyi |
Arto Kustaa Salomaa (6 June 1934 – 26 January 2025) was a Finnish mathematician and computer scientist. His research career, which spanned over 40 years, was focused on formal languages and automata theory.