About Hjalmar Mellin
Robert Hjalmar Mellin was a Finnish mathematician and function theorist. He was appointed professor at the Polytechnic Institute in Helsinki, which later became Helsinki University of Technology with Mellin as first rector. Later in his career Mellin also became known for his critical opposition to the theory of relativity; he published several papers in which he argued against the theory from a chiefly philosophical standpoint.
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