astronomy

Kari S. Tikka

Kari S. Tikka is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kari S. Tikka rather than just read about it. In short: Kari Sulo Tikka (21 August 1944 in Lahti – 25 May 2006 in Helsinki) was a Finnish legal scholar. He was a Professor of Finance Law at the University of Helsinki and one of Finland's leading experts on taxation.

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Reference excerpt

Kari Sulo Tikka (21 August 1944 in Lahti – 25 May 2006 in Helsinki) was a Finnish legal scholar. He was a Professor of Finance Law at the University of Helsinki and one of Finland's leading experts on taxation.

Career Kari S. Tikka had a long career in justice education and development of education, both in the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He had also previously worked as chairman of the Finnish Lawyer Union. Tikka was a member of several law preparation work groups, and had a central influence in the development of Finnish taxation law. Among his achievements are the system for refunding corporate tax, which was later abandoned, as taxing Finnish and foreign dividends differently became contrary to the European Union basic treaty. Before his death, Tikka publicly announced his support for the flat tax. He proposed that different taxation of capital income and work income widens the financial gap between corporate shareholders and regular workers. Tikka wrote several scientific articles and books, among which are "Veropolitiikka" ("taxation policy") and "Yritysverotus I-II" ("corporate taxation I-II"), together with O. Nykänen. His PhD thesis "Veron minimoinnista" ("on the minimisation of tax") was at its time one of Finland's best selling PhD theses.

Death Tikka was found dead in his apartment on 28 May 2006. He was 61 years old at the time. The night before his death, Tikka had left a gay nightclub named DTM on Iso-Roobertinkatu, Helsinki, with two men of approximately 20 years of age. Next day the police arrested the 19-old Russian Aleksandr Ionin and 23-year-old Estonian-born Mika-Martti Zukov, who were later sentenced by the Helsinki District Court to 11 years in prison for manslaughter and aggravated robbery. The homicide had nothing to do with Tikka's profession, but the motive was robbery. In the court, Ionin and Zukov admitted having stolen 15 bottles of alcohol, 49 packs of cigarettes, a mobile phone cover, a pocket knife, one pair of binoculars, a video camera, and some cash.

Private life In his private life, Tikka embraced art by collecting paintings and watching ballet and theatre. His collection included works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall. His sexuality was sort of a public secret in Helsinki, as he did not conceal his frequenting in gay nightclubs, but the subject never came up in press or interviews. After Tikka's death, his homosexuality was however mentioned in stories about him.

Bibliography Tikka, Kari S. (1990). Veropolitiikka. Publications of the Lawyers' Union. ISBN 951-640-494-4 Tikka, Kari S., and Nykänen, Olli (1985). Yritysverotus 1. WSOY. ISBN 951-0-12664-0. Tikka, Kari S., and Nykänen, Olli (1985). Yritysverotus 2. WSOY. ISBN 951-0-12657-8.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kari S. Tikka

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kari S. Tikka claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kari S. Tikka before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kari S. Tikka ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kari S. Tikka

In research: Kari S. Tikka appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kari S. Tikka in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kari S. Tikka is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1944 births, 2006 deaths, 20th-century Finnish LGBTQ people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kari S. Tikka outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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