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Daina Taimiņa

1954 - Today

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Daina Taimiņa (born August 19, 1954) is a Latvian mathematician, retired adjunct associate professor of mathematics at Cornell University, known for developing a way of modeling hyperbolic geometry with crocheted objects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daina Taimiņa has received more than 49,499 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Daina Taimiņa is the 896th most popular mathematician (down from 863rd in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 178th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Mathematician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.21

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Daina Taimiņa ranks 896 out of 1,004. Before her are Mikhail Suslin, Poul Heegaard, Robin Hartshorne, Yury Osipov, Caucher Birkar, and Clifford Truesdell. After her are Adele Goldstine, Demetrios Christodoulou, James Lighthill, Phillip Griffiths, Richard Borcherds, and Antoni Zygmund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Daina Taimiņa ranks 500. Before her are Clem Burke, Aed Carabao, Mihai Stoichiță, Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji, Reiner Haseloff, and Yuji Horii. After her are Muammar Z.A., Alejandro Casañas, Bruce Hornsby, Wim Crusio, Stephen Furst, and Donald Petrie.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Daina Taimiņa ranks 187 out of 323. Before her are Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Alexei Shirov (1972), Juris Silovs (1950), Vija Celmins (1938), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), and Aleksandrs Starkovs (1955). After her are George Gulack (1905), Jānis Akuraters (1876), Māris Gailis (1951), Inese Vaidere (1952), Einars Repše (1961), and Vitālijs Astafjevs (1971).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Latvia

Among mathematicians born in Latvia, Daina Taimiņa ranks 2. Before her are Eliyahu Rips (1948).

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