Background
Freivalds, Rusins Martins was born on November 10, 1942 in Cesvaine, Latvia. Son of Visvaldis Freivalds and Anna Freivalde.
Freivalds, Rusins Martins was born on November 10, 1942 in Cesvaine, Latvia. Son of Visvaldis Freivalds and Anna Freivalde.
Doctor in Computer Science and Mathematics, Moscow, Russia, 1985. Candidate of physics and math', Institute Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russia, 1971.
He discovered Freivalds" algorithm for checking the correctness of matrix products. 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 (Moscow State University).
Freivalds died from a heart attack on 4 January 2016 in Riga, aged 73.
Latvian Academy of Sciences]
He was a member of Latvian Academy of Sciences from 1992.
Married Aija Lapina.