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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 151,249 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Ribet is the 842nd most popular mathematician (down from 776th in 2019), the 10,127th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,388th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ken Ribet ranks 842 out of 823. Before him are Poul Heegaard, Caucher Birkar, Demetrios Christodoulou, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, and I. J. Good. After him are George Salmon, Philip Hall, Charles Hutton, Michael Aschbacher, Andrei Okounkov, and Alberto Calderón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ken Ribet ranks 571. Before him are Jerzy Kaczmarek, Rosemary Casals, Mahesh Bhatt, Josef Bierbichler, Marcia Strassman, and Meir Sheetrit. After him are Alfred Sant, Eizo Kenmotsu, Richard Dembo, Ilkka Kanerva, Adam Musiał, and Anders Wejryd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Ribet ranks 10,127 out of 18,182. Before him are Mackenzie Foy (2000), Charles Wallace Richmond (1868), Howard Valentine (1881), Finn Wittrock (1984), Mireille Enos (1975), and Rick Scott (1952). After him are Rulon Gardner (1971), Edward Hennig (1879), Arthur Laurents (1917), Dee Bradley Baker (1962), George Rogers Clark (1752), and Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Ken Ribet ranks 72. Before him are Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Norman Johnson (1930), Martin David Kruskal (1925), George Mostow (1923), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), and Martin Davis (1928). After him are Michael Aschbacher (1944), Douglas McIlroy (1932), Christine Darden (1942), Phillip Griffiths (1938), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), and Bill Gosper (1943).

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