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MATHEMATICIAN

Erna Schneider Hoover

1926 - Today

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Erna Schneider Hoover (born June 19, 1926) is an American mathematician notable for inventing a computerized telephone switching method which "revolutionized modern communication". It prevented system overloads by monitoring call center traffic and prioritizing tasks on phone switching systems to enable more robust service during peak calling times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erna Schneider Hoover has received more than 198,653 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Erna Schneider Hoover is the 790th most popular mathematician, the 8,499th most popular biography from United States and the 58th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Erna Schneider Hoover ranks 790 out of 823. Before her are Marshall Harvey Stone, Hans Rademacher, Oskar Perron, Henri Padé, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Luis Caffarelli. After her are George Peacock, Jacob Bronowski, James Lighthill, Nicolas Fuss, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, and Roger Apéry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Erna Schneider Hoover ranks 388. Before her are Garret FitzGerald, Danny Blanchflower, Moira Shearer, Klaus Schütz, Katie Boyle, and John Ericson. After her are H. R. Haldeman, Piero Drogo, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, Ernst Larsen, Noor Jehan, and Chuck Cooper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erna Schneider Hoover ranks 8,499 out of 18,182. Before her are Leslie David Baker (1958), Una Merkel (1903), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), Virgil Thomson (1896), Michael Swanwick (1950), and Cal Tjader (1925). After her are James M. Cox (1870), Peter Fleming (1955), Patti Austin (1950), Mark Lenard (1924), Vivian Vance (1909), and Ashrita Furman (1954).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Erna Schneider Hoover ranks 58. Before her are Richard Garfield (1963), Gregory Chaitin (1947), Robin Hartshorne (1938), Rudy Rucker (1946), Joseph Keller (1923), and Marshall Harvey Stone (1903). After her are Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Marston Morse (1892), Ormond Stone (1847), Cleve Moler (1939), Barry Mazur (1937), and Kenneth Appel (1932).

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