Eve Oja (10 October 1948 – 27 January 2019) was an Estonian mathematician specializing in

functional analysis Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (for example, Inner product space#Definition, inner product, Norm (mathematics ...

. She was a professor at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

Early life and education

Oja was born in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

and studied at the Tartu State University (now the University of Tartu), completing her undergraduate studies in 1972 and earning a doctorate ( Cand.Sc.) in 1975. Her dissertation, ''Безусловные шаудеровы разложения в локально выпуклых пространствах'' (''Unconditional Schauder decompositions in locally convex spaces'') was supervised by Gunnar Kangro.

Career

Oja was on the faculty of the

since 1975, with a year (1977-78) teaching in

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, and another (1980-81) doing postdoctoral research at

Aix-Marseille University Aix-Marseille University (AMU; ; formally incorporated as ) is a Public university, public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, List of rulers of Provence, Count of ...

in France. She served several terms as head of the Institute of Pure Mathematics at the university, and from 2009-15 she headed the Estonian School of Mathematics and Statistics. She was editor-in-chief of the mathematics journal ''Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis de Mathematica'' since 1998.

Recognition

Oja was elected to the

Estonian Academy of Sciences Founded in 1938, the Estonian Academy of Sciences (, ) is Estonia's national academy of science in Tallinn. As with other national academies, it is an independent group of well-known scientists whose stated aim is to promote research and develo ...

in 2010. She was also a member of the

European Academy of Sciences and Arts The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, ) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 38 Nobel Prize laureates. The European Academy of Sciences and ...

Death

Oja died on 27 January 2019.

References

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