The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Argentina
This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 1,004 Mathematicians, 2 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 42nd most number of Mathematicians behind Estonia, and Latvia.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Argentinean Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Argentinean Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Luis Caffarelli (b. 1948)
With an HPI of 51.65, Luis Caffarelli is the most famous Argentinean Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Luis Ángel Caffarelli (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis anˈxel kaffaˈɾeʎi]; born December 8, 1948) is an Argentine-American mathematician. He studies partial differential equations and their applications. Caffarelli is a professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, and the winner of the 2023 Abel Prize.
2. Alberto Calderón (1920 - 1998)
With an HPI of 44.50, Alberto Calderón is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Alberto Pedro Calderón (September 14, 1920 – April 16, 1998) was an Argentine mathematician. His name is associated with the University of Buenos Aires, but first and foremost with the University of Chicago, where Calderón and his mentor, the analyst Antoni Zygmund, developed the theory of singular integral operators. This created the "Chicago School of (hard) Analysis" (sometimes simply known as the "Calderón-Zygmund School"). Calderón's work ranged over a wide variety of topics: from singular integral operators to partial differential equations, from interpolation theory to Cauchy integrals on Lipschitz curves, from ergodic theory to inverse problems in electrical prospection. Calderón's work has also had a powerful impact on practical applications including signal processing, geophysics, and tomography.
3. Alicia Dickenstein (b. 1955)
With an HPI of 39.19, Alicia Dickenstein is the 3rd most famous Argentinean Mathematician. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Alicia Dickenstein (born 17 January 1955, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine mathematician known for her work on algebraic geometry, particularly toric geometry, tropical geometry, and their applications to biological systems. She is a full professor at the University of Buenos Aires, a 2019 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, a former vice-president of the International Mathematical Union (2015–2018), and a 2015 recipient of The World Academy of Sciences prize.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Argentinean mathematicians born between 1920 and 1955. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Argentinean mathematicians include Luis Caffarelli, and Alicia Dickenstein. The most famous deceased Argentinean mathematicians include Alberto Calderón. As of April 2024, 1 new Argentinean mathematicians have been added to Pantheon including Alicia Dickenstein.
