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Avi Wigderson

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Avi Wigderson (Hebrew: אבי ויגדרזון; born 9 September 1956) is an Israeli computer scientist and mathematician. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America. His research interests include complexity theory, parallel algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, and distributed computing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avi Wigderson has received more than 243,412 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Avi Wigderson is the 883rd most popular mathematician (down from 825th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Israel (down from 299th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Avi Wigderson ranks 883 out of 1,004. Before him are Barry Mazur, Alberto Calderón, George Lusztig, Philip Hall, Henri Padé, and Paul Koebe. After him are Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Norman Johnson, Cleve Moler, Hellmuth Kneser, Hjalmar Mellin, and Richard K. Guy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Avi Wigderson ranks 445. Before him are Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Michael Hoffman, Desireé Cousteau, Emmanuel Kundé, Tim Paterson, and Stella Kyriakides. After him are Ratko Radovanović, Meg Whitman, Rabri Devi, Sanjaagiin Bayar, Giuliana De Sio, and Sinbad.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Avi Wigderson ranks 327 out of 466. Before him are Gideon Toury (1942), Ronny Rosenthal (1963), Nitzan Horowitz (1965), Netta Barzilai (1993), Brian George (1952), and Yoseph Imry (1939). After him are Gila Gamliel (1974), Shelly Yachimovich (1960), Rim Banna (1966), Amir Ohana (1976), Avi Loeb (1962), and Haneen Zoabi (1969).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Israel

Among mathematicians born in Israel, Avi Wigderson ranks 3. Before him are Eutocius of Ascalon (480), and Saharon Shelah (1945). After him are Elon Lindenstrauss (1970).

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