Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds

Latvian mathematician

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Cesvaine, Cesvaine Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 04-Jan-2016

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rusinš Martinš Freivalds (10 November 1942 – 4 January 2016) was a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician.
He was a member of Latvian Academy of Sciences from 1992.
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 (MSU). Freivalds died from a heart attack on 4 January 2016 in Riga, aged 73.