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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 43,569 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Daina Taimiņa is the 866th most popular mathematician (down from 807th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 166th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Daina Taimiņa ranks 866 out of 823Before her are Timothy Gowers, W. T. Tutte, James Waddell Alexander II, Javier Perez-Capdevila, William Spottiswoode, and Bill Gosper. After her are Peter Scholze, Nigel Hitchin, Christopher Zeeman, Mary Ellen Rudin, Peter Sarnak, and Evelyn Boyd Granville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Daina Taimiņa ranks 521Before her are Julie Carmen, E. Allen Emerson, Glen Keane, Pat Hanrahan, Alex Cox, and Tamara Lazakovich. After her are Kimmy Robertson, James Gleick, Brian Teacher, Peter Mueller, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, and Kwame Anthony Appiah.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Daina Taimiņa ranks 178 out of 284Before her are Valdis Valters (1957), Andris Šķēle (1958), George Gulack (1905), Jānis Ķipurs (1958), John Konrads (1942), and Ivans Klementjevs (1960). After her are Artūrs Irbe (1967), Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973), Vitālijs Astafjevs (1971), Artis Pabriks (1966), Guntars Krasts (1957), and Jeļena Ostapenko (1997).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Latvia

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