Lars-Erik Persson (born 24 September 1944) is a Swedish/Norwegian professor in mathematics, known for his works in

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and related problems connected to convexity and quasi-monotone functions. Persson comes from the small village Svanabyn in Dorotea community, Sweden. He received his PhD degree in mathematics at

Umeå University Umeå University (; Ume Sami language, Ume Sami: ) is a public university, public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present bord ...

in 1974. In 1975 he was employed as associate professor in mathematics at

Luleå University of Technology Luleå University of Technology is a Public university, public research university in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The university has four campuses located in the Arctic, Arctic Region in the cities of Luleå, Kiruna, Skellefteå, and Piteå. With ...

(LTU), and was appointed full professor in 1994. Since 2019 he is professor emeritus there. Before his professor appointment at LTU, he was appointed as full professor at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Campus Narvik (previously

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) in 1992. He still works as professor of mathematics at the same university. He was also appointed as honorary professor at L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan in 2005. Persson has also worked as a part-time professor at

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, where he is now professor emeritus. For a shorter period he taught at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

, Sweden, as professor in mathematics on the chair of professor Jaak Peetre. He was appointed as senior professor at Karlstad university, Sweden, in 2019. Persson has authored or co-authored approximately 320 journal papers and 16 books. He serves as the editor for seven international journals. He has been President of the Swedish Mathematical Society and has been a member of the National Committee of Mathematics, affiliated with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, since 1995, serving as secretary from 1995 to 2002. He was also a member of the NT-R board (Mathematics and Technical Mathematics) at the Swedish Research Council for six years, where he was involved in distributing funding for top-tier basic research in Sweden. He chaired the board in 2010 and from 2012 to 2014. He initiated and was the first director of Center of Interdisciplinary Mathematics (CIM) at

. See his homepage at UiT The Arctic University of Norway and his homepage at Karlstad University;Sweden – See also international homepage of Lars-Erik Persson Persson has been invited as guest researcher to universities in numerous countries. In November 2015 he was invited to Collège de France by Fields medalist

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. International conferences were arranged and a journal issue was published in his honor.D. Lukkassen and A. Meidell, Lars-Erik Persson- the remarkable broad and innovative mathematician and unique Pers(s)on, Nonlinear studies 26 (2019), no. 4, 707-722.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Persson, Lars-Erik Living people Swedish mathematicians 1944 births Umeå University alumni