Helsinki 2006 Acknowledgements

• Main Author: Jussi Laitila
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Kon; Pekka; tylli
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.608.3672; http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/mat/matem/vk/laitila/composit.pdf

I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor Hans-Olav Tylli for his inspiring guidance and encouragement throughout my studies. Without his constant support this work would not have been possible. I am also grateful to Jari Taskinen and Eero Saksman for their valuable comments and advice during the pre-examination of this thesis. I thank my friends and colleagues at the department for creating a pleas-ant working environment. Especially, I thank my ex-ocemates Juha Kon-tinen and Pekka Pankka for many enjoyable coee breaks, and Pekka Niem-inen for insightful discussions. My heartfelt thanks to my family and friends for their support and ex-istence, and, most of all, to my wife Minna for her love and understanding during these years.