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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 133,911 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Menger is the 346th most popular mathematician (down from 332nd in 2019), the 511th most popular biography from Austria (down from 470th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Karl Menger ranks 346 out of 823. Before him are Richard Hamming, Paul Lévy, William Sealy Gosset, Thomas Fincke, Stephen Smale, and Edward Kasner. After him are Eutocius of Ascalon, Ostilio Ricci, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, John G. Thompson, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, and Madhava of Sangamagrama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Karl Menger ranks 116. Before him are Heinz Rühmann, Giuseppe Pella, Santos Iriarte, Mitrofan Nedelin, Ernst von Salomon, and Josep Lluís Sert. After him are Jean Bruller, Tallulah Bankhead, Samuel Goudsmit, Vladimír Clementis, Riccardo Morandi, and Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 1985, Karl Menger ranks 78. Before him are Wolfgang Reitherman, Heinz Hoffmann, Afet İnan, Theodore Sturgeon, Anton Karas, and Vladimir Jankélévitch. After him are Tapio Wirkkala, Alfredo Foni, Lovro von Matačić, Hermann Priess, Kenny Clarke, and Evgeny Lifshitz.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Menger ranks 511 out of 1,237. Before him are Hans Gross (1847), Othenio Abel (1875), Marianna Martines (1744), Iuliu Maniu (1873), Walter Mischel (1930), and Maria von Trapp (1905). After him are Johann Nestroy (1801), Conchita Wurst (1988), Marietta Blau (1894), Peter Alexander (1926), Hermann Maier (1972), and Irmfried Eberl (1910).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Karl Menger ranks 8. Before him are Josef Stefan (1835), Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Emil Artin (1898), Hans Hahn (1879), and Georg Alexander Pick (1859). After him are Philipp Frank (1884), Hermann Bondi (1919), Simon von Stampfer (1790), Otto E. Neugebauer (1899), Friedrich Waismann (1896), and Walter Rudin (1921).

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