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MATHEMATICIAN

George Mostow

1923 - 2017

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George Daniel Mostow (July 4, 1923 – April 4, 2017) was an American mathematician, renowned for his contributions to Lie theory. He was the Henry Ford II (emeritus) Professor of Mathematics at Yale University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the 49th president of the American Mathematical Society (1987–1988), and a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1982 to 1992.The rigidity phenomenon for lattices in Lie groups he discovered and explored is known as Mostow rigidity. His work on rigidity played an essential role in the work of three Fields medalists, namely Grigori Margulis, William Thurston, and Grigori Perelman. In 1993 he was awarded the American Mathematical Society's Leroy P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Mostow has received more than 43,545 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Mostow is the 829th most popular mathematician (down from 777th in 2019), the 9,647th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,428th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, George Mostow ranks 829 out of 823. Before him are Hans Lewy, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Frank Morley, Martin David Kruskal, Salomon Bochner, and Avi Wigderson. After him are Elon Lindenstrauss, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Diederik Korteweg, Richard Borcherds, and Martin Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, George Mostow ranks 388. Before him are Percy Heath, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Horace Ashenfelter, James Dickey, Basil Hume, and Ted Stevens. After him are Brian Naylor, Forbes Burnham, Mae Young, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Augusto Magli, and Zeffiro Furiassi. Among people deceased in 2017, George Mostow ranks 465. Before him are Nadezhda Olizarenko, Kurt Marti, Henri Emmanuelli, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Cy Young, and Giorgio Capitani. After him are Boris Nikolov, Ronald Drever, Larissa Volpert, Michele Scarponi, Józef Grudzień, and Catherine Hardy Lavender.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Mostow ranks 9,647 out of 18,182. Before him are Lisa Marie (1968), Ransom Riggs (1979), Carrie Coon (1981), Bruce Abbott (1954), John Cullum (1930), and Joseph Kruskal (1928). After him are Joanna Kerns (1953), Inari Vachs (1974), Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851), Bruce Ames (1928), Richard Grieco (1965), and Wendell Pierce (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, George Mostow ranks 69. Before him are Barry Mazur (1937), Kenneth Appel (1932), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Norman Johnson (1930), and Martin David Kruskal (1925). After him are Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Martin Davis (1928), Ken Ribet (1948), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Douglas McIlroy (1932), and Christine Darden (1942).

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