Olav Reiersøl
Statistician, Deceased Person
1908 – 2001
Who was Olav Reiersøl?
Olav Reiersøl was a Norwegian statistician and econometrician, who made several substantial contributions to econometrics and statistics. His works on identifiability and instrumental variables are standard references both in econometrics and statistics, and his work on genetic algebras are frequently cited in genetics.
Reiersøl became interested in the international language Esperanto at a young age, and later in life used it to keep in touch with other mathematicians. He was one of the founders of the Esperanto association Internacia Asocio de Esperantistaj Matematikistoj.
He was made a fellow of the Econometric Society in 1952.
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