Bertil Matérn

Bertil Matérn
Born(1917-05-18)May 18, 1917
Gothenburg, Sweden
DiedNovember 6, 2007(2007-11-06) (aged 90)
Danderyd, Sweden
Alma materStockholm University
Known forMatérn covariance function
SpouseCarin Berglund (m. 1947)
Children2
Scientific career
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ThesisSpatial Variation: Stochastic models and their application to some problems in forest surveys and other sampling investigations (1960)
Doctoral advisorHarald Cramér

Bertil Matérn (18 May 1917 – 6 November 2007) was a Swedish statistician. The Matérn covariance function is named after him.