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Karl Menger

1902 - 1985

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Karl Menger (January 13, 1902 – October 5, 1985) was an Austrian–American mathematician, the son of the economist Carl Menger. In mathematics, Menger studied the theory of algebras and the dimension theory of low-regularity ("rough") curves and regions; in graph theory, he is credited with Menger's theorem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Menger has received more than 144,556 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Menger is the 346th most popular mathematician, the 487th most popular biography from Austria (up from 509th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Karl Menger ranks 346 out of 1,004. Before him are Frank P. Ramsey, Gaston Julia, Gemma Frisius, Johann Radon, Zhu Shijie, and Peter Barlow. After him are Jean Dieudonné, Ignazio Danti, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Ernesto Cesàro, Rolf Nevanlinna, and Antoine Gombaud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Karl Menger ranks 112. Before him are Ľudovít Fulla, Giorgio Pessina, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Ernst von Salomon, Josep Lluís Sert, and Fuad Chehab. After him are Thelma Ritter, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Mach, Heinz Rühmann, Albert Anastasia, and Hans von Dohnanyi. Among people deceased in 1985, Karl Menger ranks 78. Before him are Birabongse Bhanudej, David Purley, Nicolas Frantz, Heinz Hoffmann, Fred Uhlman, and Denis de Rougemont. After him are Matti Järvinen, Tapio Wirkkala, Eugene Ormandy, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Lovro von Matačić, and André Hunebelle.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Menger ranks 487 out of 1,424. Before him are Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart (1824), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Wolf Huber (1485), Rudolf Spielmann (1883), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), and Pauline von Metternich (1836). After him are Carl Djerassi (1923), Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690), Ernst Krenek (1900), Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (1629), Richard Gerstl (1883), and Freddy Quinn (1931).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Karl Menger ranks 7. Before him are Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Josef Stefan (1835), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Hans Hahn (1879), Emil Artin (1898), and Georg Alexander Pick (1859). After him are Philipp Frank (1884), Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Hilda Geiringer (1893), and Helena Rasiowa (1917).

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