an: Zbl 1185.01046 au: Maligranda, Lech ti: Lars-Erik Persson -- the man and his work. la: EN so: Banach J. Math. Anal. 4, No. 1, 185-201, electronic only (2010). py: 2010 dt: J cc: *01A70 46E30 46B70 01A60 ut: history of mathematics; harmonic analysis; interpolation theory; inequalities; Hardy-type inequalities; homogenization theory; Lars-Erik Persson ab: Summary: On the occasion of Lars-Erik Persson's 65th birthday there was organized a conference Analysis, Inequalities and Homogenization Theory (AIHT), which was held at Lule\aa University of Technology in June 8-11, 2009, in Lule\aa -- Sweden. The first plenary lecture had the title above and here I present an abbreviated form of this lecture.