Gustav Elfving

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Mathematical statistician (1908-1984)

AcademicsLived 1908 to 1984 · aged 75

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Erik Gustav Elfving was a Finnish mathematician and statistician. He wrote pioneering works in mathematical statistics, especially on the design of experiments.

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Gustav Elfving invented the optimal design of experiments, and so minimized surveyors' need for theodolite measurements (pictured), while trapped in his tent in storm-ridden Greenland.[8]

Elfving graduated from the University of Helsinki.

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1955Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

1934Ernst Lindelöf award

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FatherFredrik Elfving

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