MATHEMATICIAN

Bill Gosper

1943 - Today

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Ralph William Gosper Jr. (born April 26, 1943), known as Bill Gosper, is an American mathematician and programmer. Along with Richard Greenblatt, he may be considered to have founded the hacker community, and he holds a place of pride in the Lisp community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Gosper has received more than 172,789 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Gosper is the 944th most popular mathematician (down from 862nd in 2019), the 11,898th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,338th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 41.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bill Gosper ranks 944 out of 1,004. Before her are Émile Léonard Mathieu, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Yakov Eliashberg, Leonard Jimmie Savage, Carl Pomerance, and Andrew M. Gleason. After her are Neil Sloane, Timothy Gowers, David Blackwell, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Christopher Zeeman, and Richard Schoen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bill Gosper ranks 667. Before her are Zdravko Hebel, Steve Clark, Janet Evanovich, John McEnery, Tamás Kovács, and Ben Jipcho. After her are Jonathan Rosenbaum, Wolfgang Scheidel, Ramiro Navarro, Bill Bowrey, Luis Regueiro, and Padma Subrahmanyam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Gosper ranks 11,898 out of 20,380. Before her are Diane Williams (1960), Tana French (1973), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Mike Enzi (1944), Andrew Bryniarski (1969), and Tim Commerford (1968). After her are Arleen Sorkin (1956), Mary MacLaren (1900), Ashley Biden (1981), Nel Noddings (1929), Lillian Russell (1860), and Sharon Lawrence (1961).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Bill Gosper ranks 88. Before her are George Mostow (1923), Ormond Stone (1847), David Singmaster (1938), Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), Carl Pomerance (1944), and Andrew M. Gleason (1921). After her are David Blackwell (1919), Richard Schoen (1950), Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), Eric W. Weisstein (1969), Euphemia Haynes (1890), and June Huh (1983).

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