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Cornelius Lanczos

1893 - 1974

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Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos (Hungarian: Lánczos Kornél, pronounced [ˈlaːnt͡soʃ ˈkorneːl]; born as Kornél Lőwy, until 1906: Löwy (Lőwy) Kornél; February 2, 1893 – June 25, 1974) was a Hungarian-Jewish, Hungarian-American and later Hungarian-Irish mathematician and physicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelius Lanczos has received more than 153,553 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelius Lanczos is the 688th most popular mathematician, the 480th most popular biography from Hungary and the 18th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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  • 46.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Cornelius Lanczos ranks 688 out of 823. Before him are Albert W. Tucker, Svetlana Gannushkina, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Federigo Enriques, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, and Stanisław Zaremba. After him are Eugenio Calabi, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Gladys West, Saharon Shelah, Dmitry Grave, and Annie S. D. Maunder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Cornelius Lanczos ranks 197. Before him are Christopher Kelk Ingold, Jimmy Durante, James B. Conant, Enrique Peñaranda, Robert Harron, and Nurul Amin. After him are Toti Dal Monte, Joseph Alzin, Jamil Mardam Bey, Hilda Geiringer, Oscar Torp, and Alexander Ostrowski. Among people deceased in 1974, Cornelius Lanczos ranks 167. Before him are Else Alfelt, Arnaud Denjoy, Ferreira de Castro, Eduardo Santos, Emil Väre, and Nurul Amin. After him are Betty Compson, Margit Slachta, Kostas Varnalis, Bobby Timmons, Sergey Urusevsky, and Gheorghe Albu.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Cornelius Lanczos ranks 480 out of 866. Before him are Katalin Karády (1910), István Bibó (1911), Gyula Illyés (1902), László Szabó (1936), Oszkár Gerde (1883), and Joe Eszterhas (1944). After him are George Mikes (1912), István Énekes (1911), Ferenc Sipos (1932), Sándor Simonyi-Semadam (1864), Gordon Bajnai (1968), and József Háda (1911).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Cornelius Lanczos ranks 18. Before him are Pál Turán (1910), Rózsa Péter (1905), Endre Szemerédi (1940), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Alfréd Haar (1885), and Lipót Fejér (1880). After him are Vera T. Sós (1930) and Raoul Bott (1923).

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