MATHEMATICIAN

Julius Petersen

1839 - 1910

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Julius Peter Christian Petersen (16 June 1839, Sorø, West Zealand – 5 August 1910, Copenhagen) was a Danish mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Petersen has received more than 50,092 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Julius Petersen is the 606th most popular mathematician (down from 501st in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 327th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Julius Petersen ranks 606 out of 1,004Before him are Louis J. Mordell, Beppo Levi, Benjamin Peirce, Michael Freedman, Harish-Chandra, and Pietro Mengoli. After him are Luigi Bianchi, Ilia Vekua, Grete Hermann, Friedrich Waismann, Richard Montague, and Rózsa Péter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Julius Petersen ranks 65Before him are Georges Rayet, Nils Christoffer Dunér, Luigi Capuana, Friedrich Gernsheim, Karl Alfred von Zittel, and Ludwig Anzengruber. After him are Calixto García, James Crafts, Caterina Volpicelli, Jakob Hurt, Nelson A. Miles, and Nicolás de Piérola. Among people deceased in 1910, Julius Petersen ranks 76Before him are Julien Dupré, Laza Kostić, Andrea Costa, Fredrik von Otter, Édouard Colonne, and Vera Komissarzhevskaya. After him are Pedro Montt, Edouard Van Beneden, Léon Delagrange, Bertalan Székely, Zdenko Hans Skraup, and Emil Zuckerkandl.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Julius Petersen ranks 389 out of 1,032Before him are Ari Behn (1972), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), Trine Dyrholm (1972), and William Wain Prior (1876). After him are Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976), Mogens Lykketoft (1946), Carl Theodor Zahle (1866), Carl Christian Hall (1812), Kim Vilfort (1962), and Urban Gad (1879).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Denmark

Among mathematicians born in Denmark, Julius Petersen ranks 4Before him are Harald Bohr (1887), Piet Hein (1905), and Agner Krarup Erlang (1878). After him are Georg Mohr (1640), Johan Jensen (1859), Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850), and Poul Heegaard (1871).