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MATHEMATICIAN

Irving Kaplansky

1917 - 2006

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Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917 – June 25, 2006) was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Kaplansky has received more than 117,506 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Irving Kaplansky is the 875th most popular mathematician (down from 800th in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from Canada (down from 627th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Mathematician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Irving Kaplansky ranks 875 out of 823. Before him are Christopher Zeeman, Mary Ellen Rudin, Peter Sarnak, Evelyn Boyd Granville, Artur Avila, and Keith Devlin. After him are Henry John Stephen Smith, Fan Chung, Adele Goldstine, Marcus du Sautoy, Richard Schoen, and Alessio Figalli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Irving Kaplansky ranks 302. Before him are Denis Healey, W. T. Tutte, Laurie Scott, Fannie Lou Hamer, Hans Conried, and Barbara Burke. After him are Ellis Clarke, Virginia Field, Lucille Bremer, Byron White, Adele Jergens, and Mervyn Wood. Among people deceased in 2006, Irving Kaplansky ranks 352. Before him are Gennadiy Tsygankov, Stanley Kunitz, John Spencer, Naushad, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Nandini Satpathy. After him are Shekhar Mehta, Ed Bradley, Noor Hassanali, Nadira, Gernot Jurtin, and Raja Rao.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Irving Kaplansky ranks 716 out of 1,350. Before him are Richard Harmon (1991), Milt Schmidt (1918), Donald Woods (1906), Brad Armstrong (1965), Peter Outerbridge (1966), and Andy Bathgate (1932). After him are Philippe Falardeau (1968), Brendan Fehr (1977), Sam Rivers (1977), Luke Macfarlane (1980), Lisa Jakub (1978), and Martin Brodeur (1972).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Canada

Among mathematicians born in Canada, Irving Kaplansky ranks 9. Before him are Robert Langlands (1936), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Edward Routh (1831), Albert W. Tucker (1905), William Kahan (1933), and Cathleen Synge Morawetz (1923). After him are Manjul Bhargava (1974).

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