What is Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds?
[[File:Rusins Freivalds (2009) front.jpg|thumb|Freivalds in June 2009.]] '''Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds''' (10 November 1942 &ndash; 4 January 2016) was a [[Latvia]]n [[computer scientist]] and mathematician. He was a member of [[Latvian Academy of Sciences]] from 1992. He discovered [[Freivalds' algorithm]]. He also taught at the [[University of Latvia]] with students including [[Daina Taimina]] and [[Andris Ambainis]]. He was born in [[Cesvaine]] and studied at [[Moscow State University]] (MSU). He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Freivalds_Rusins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Freivalds_Rusins |title=Rūsiņš M. Freivalds |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> Freivalds died from a [[heart attack]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2016/01/rusins-freivalds-1942-2016.html|title=Rūsiņš Freivalds (1942-2016)|work=Computational Complexity|date=6 January 2016|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> on 4 January 2016 in [[Riga]], aged 73.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/muziba-aizgajis-profesors-rusins-martins-freivalds.d?id=46907459|title=Mūžībā aizgājis profesors Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds|work=delfi.lv|language=lv|date=4 January 2016|access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Freivalds, Rusins Martins}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Computer scientists]] [[Category:Latvian educators]] [[Category:Latvian scientists]] [[Category:Mathematicians]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] {{Bio-stub}}