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Edward O. Thorp

1932 - Today

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Edward Oakley Thorp (born August 14, 1932) is an American mathematics professor, author, hedge fund manager, and blackjack researcher. He pioneered the modern applications of probability theory, including the harnessing of very small correlations for reliable financial gain. Thorp is the author of Beat the Dealer, which mathematically proved that the house advantage in blackjack could be overcome by card counting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward O. Thorp has received more than 806,839 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward O. Thorp is the 590th most popular mathematician, the 5,191st most popular biography from United States and the 38th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Edward O. Thorp ranks 590 out of 823. Before him are William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Otto E. Neugebauer, Ludwig Schlesinger, Aleksey Krylov, and Pierre Raymond de Montmort. After him are Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Arend Heyting, John Lennox, Baudhayana sutras, Erhard Schmidt, and Moritz Pasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Edward O. Thorp ranks 253. Before him are Turgay Şeren, Dabney Coleman, László Sárosi, Lajos Csordás, Antonio Roma, and Paulinho de Almeida. After him are Robert Taylor, Richard Estes, Katherine Paterson, Paul R. Ehrlich, Edgar Reitz, and Quentin Blake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward O. Thorp ranks 5,191 out of 18,182. Before him are George Murdock (1897), Scott Columbus (1956), Antoine Fuqua (1966), Charles Kittel (1916), Jack Northrop (1895), and Carl Scarborough (1914). After him are Eugene Parker (1927), Scott LaFaro (1936), Dennis Dugan (1946), Jennifer Esposito (1973), Paul Scheuring (1968), and Kerwin Mathews (1926).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Edward O. Thorp ranks 38. Before him are Robert Axelrod (1943), Harold Hotelling (1895), Richard Montague (1930), Michael Freedman (1951), Benjamin Peirce (1809), and Ronald Graham (1935). After him are Louis J. Mordell (1888), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Oswald Veblen (1880), John Tate (1925), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), and Gladys West (1930).

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