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Ken Ribet

1948 - Today

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Kenneth Alan Ribet (; born June 28, 1948) is an American mathematician working in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. He is known for the Herbrand–Ribet theorem and Ribet's theorem, which were key ingredients in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, as well as for his service as President of the American Mathematical Society from 2017 to 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Ribet has received more than 161,105 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Ribet is the 916th most popular mathematician (down from 839th in 2019), the 10,839th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,104th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 2.90

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ken Ribet ranks 916 out of 1,004. Before him are Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Herman Chernoff, George Szekeres, Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, and Wilhelm Wirtinger. After him are Satish Dhawan, Jacob Bronowski, Martin David Kruskal, J. H. C. Whitehead, Elwyn Berlekamp, and Ruth Moufang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ken Ribet ranks 646. Before him are Mildrette Netter, Susan Bernard, Lewis Black, Alf Hansen, Élie Doté, and Sven-Åke Lundbäck. After him are Patrice Rio, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Stephen Schwartz, Gustavo de Simone, Gerrit Graham, and Borivoje Đorđević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Ribet ranks 10,839 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Herman (1914), Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872), Jack Holt (1888), Jasika Nicole (1980), Glen Powell (1988), and Sandy Allen (1955). After him are Jay Inslee (1951), Megyn Kelly (1970), Dusty Anderson (1918), Alan Reed (1907), Aimee Garcia (1978), and Timothy M. Dolan (1950).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Ken Ribet ranks 79. Before him are Clifford Truesdell (1919), Adele Goldstine (1920), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), and Herman Chernoff (1923). After him are Martin David Kruskal (1925), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), George Mostow (1923), Ormond Stone (1847), David Singmaster (1938), and Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917).

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