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MATHEMATICIAN

George David Birkhoff

1884 - 1944

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George David Birkhoff (March 21, 1884 – November 12, 1944) was one of the top American mathematicians of his generation. He made valuable contributions to the theory of differential equations, dynamical systems, the four-color problem, the three-body problem, and general relativity. Today, Birkhoff is best remembered for the ergodic theorem. The George D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George David Birkhoff has received more than 193,751 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). George David Birkhoff is the 472nd most popular mathematician (down from 419th in 2019), the 4,006th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,387th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George David Birkhoff ranks 472 out of 823. Before him are Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Agner Krarup Erlang, Anders Johan Lexell, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Pavel Urysohn, and Stanisław Leśniewski. After him are Edward Arthur Milne, Eric Temple Bell, Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Jean Leray, and Johann Friedrich Pfaff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, George David Birkhoff ranks 97. Before him are Evelyn Nesbit, Daniel Varoujan, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Roy Chapman Andrews, Félix Éboué, and Pedro Pablo Ramírez. After him are Harry Langdon, Enrico Dante, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Vasily Agapkin, Ralph Benatzky, and Ludowika Jakobsson. Among people deceased in 1944, George David Birkhoff ranks 178. Before him are Alexandre Villaplane, Endre Kabos, Félix Éboué, Erich Marcks, Leone Ginzburg, and Anna Kolesárová. After him are René Daumal, Eduard Wagner, Harry Langdon, Stefan Rowecki, Prince Gustav of Denmark, and Erich Salomon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George David Birkhoff ranks 4,006 out of 18,182. Before him are Jack Lord (1920), Andrea True (1943), Malcom McLean (1913), Sammy Hagar (1947), John Lewis (1940), and Jeffrey Jones (1946). After him are Berry Gordy (1929), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Sid Haig (1939), Carmine Appice (1946), Brian Keith (1921), and Mike Love (1941).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, George David Birkhoff ranks 28. Before him are Raymond Smullyan (1919), Julia Robinson (1919), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), Richard E. Bellman (1920), Whitfield Diffie (1944), and Mitchell Feigenbaum (1944). After him are William Thurston (1946), Haskell Curry (1900), Isadore Singer (1924), Robert Axelrod (1943), Harold Hotelling (1895), and Richard Montague (1930).

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