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Kenkichi Iwasawa

1917 - 1998

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Kenkichi Iwasawa (岩澤 健吉 Iwasawa Kenkichi, September 11, 1917 – October 26, 1998) was a Japanese mathematician who is known for his influence on algebraic number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenkichi Iwasawa has received more than 88,421 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenkichi Iwasawa is the 754th most popular mathematician, the 1,280th most popular biography from Japan and the 9th most popular Japanese Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

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  • 54.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Kenkichi Iwasawa has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 15,381 views, followed by Japanese (13,318), and Chinese (2,866). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (142.54%), German (98.71%), and Chinese (79.57%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Kenkichi Iwasawa ranks 754 out of 1,004. Before him are Alexander Ostrowski, Leo Königsberger, Victor Puiseux, Anatoly Maltsev, Spiru Haret, and Gladys West. After him are Giuseppe Vitali, Joseph-Alfred Serret, Solomon W. Golomb, Vladimir Levenshtein, Johann Faulhaber, and Svetlana Gannushkina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Kenkichi Iwasawa ranks 254. Before him are Vernon A. Walters, Edgar Barth, Phyllis Diller, William P. Gottlieb, Durward Knowles, and Gösta Andersson. After him are Tony Cliff, Richard Boone, Pavel Solovyov, Luigi Cantone, Freddie Francis, and Nils Karlsson. Among people deceased in 1998, Kenkichi Iwasawa ranks 225. Before him are Duncan McNaughton, Erich Mende, Ricardo Tormo, Alain Bosquet, Raquel Rastenni, and Ted Fujita. After him are Viljo Heino, Stokely Carmichael, Cesare Perdisa, Anna Maria Ortese, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, and Ferenc Sidó.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenkichi Iwasawa ranks 1,280 out of 6,245. Before him are Ted Fujita (1920), Akira Endo (1933), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Akie Abe (1962), Sola Aoi (1983), and Tamlyn Tomita (1966). After him are Tite Kubo (1977), Akira Ishida (1967), Kazunori Yamauchi (1967), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975), Akio Kaminaga (1936), and Junko Takeuchi (1972).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Japan

Among mathematicians born in Japan, Kenkichi Iwasawa ranks 9. Before him are Kiyosi Itô (1915), Heisuke Hironaka (1931), Goro Shimura (1930), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Mikio Sato (1928), and Shigefumi Mori (1951). After him are Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Shinichi Mochizuki (1969), and Christopher Zeeman (1925).

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