MATHEMATICIAN

Christopher Zeeman

1925 - 2016

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Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a British mathematician, known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Zeeman has received more than 118,816 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Christopher Zeeman is the 949th most popular mathematician (down from 866th in 2019), the 1,837th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,713th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Christopher Zeemen by language

Over the past year Christopher Zeeman has had the most page views in the with 12,718 views, followed by French (2,112), and Russian (1,488). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (67.60%), Simple English (66.67%), and Latin (56.52%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Christopher Zeeman ranks 949 out of 1,004. Before him are Andrew M. Gleason, Bill Gosper, Neil Sloane, Timothy Gowers, David Blackwell, and Sun-Yung Alice Chang. After him are Richard Schoen, Mary Ellen Rudin, Henry John Stephen Smith, Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Peter Scholze, and Marcus du Sautoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Christopher Zeeman ranks 508. Before him are Roy Brown, Eddie Baily, Robert Cormier, Finn Pedersen, Cara Williams, and Aristid Lindenmayer. After him are Bobby Ball, George MacDonald Fraser, Ted Lindsay, Morgan Woodward, Virginia Capers, and Jimmy Dickinson. Among people deceased in 2016, Christopher Zeeman ranks 548. Before him are Ilkka Hanski, Nahed Hattar, P. A. Sangma, Yūko Mizutani, George Voinovich, and Noel Neill. After him are Ron Glass, Marvin Kaplan, Siegbert Horn, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Patrick Ekeng, and David Herd.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Christopher Zeeman ranks 1,837 out of 6,245. Before him are Tetsuya Harada (1970), Shūichi Gonda (1989), Kōji Nakata (1979), Nobutoshi Kaneda (1958), Yū Aoi (1985), and Yoshiro Moriyama (1967). After him are Saori Hayami (1991), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Michiko Matsuda (1966), Joi Ito (1966), Yūko Miyamura (1972), and Kenshi Yonezu (1991).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Japan

Among mathematicians born in Japan, Christopher Zeeman ranks 12. Before him are Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Mikio Sato (1928), Shigefumi Mori (1951), Kenkichi Iwasawa (1917), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), and Shinichi Mochizuki (1969).

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