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MATHEMATICIAN

Lars Hörmander

1931 - 2012

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Lars Valter Hörmander (24 January 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations".[1] Hörmander was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Wolf Prize in 1988. In 2006 he was awarded the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his four-volume textbook Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators, which is considered a foundational work on the subject.Hörmander completed his Ph.D. in 1955 at Lund University. Hörmander then worked at Stockholm University, at Stanford University, and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Hörmander has received more than 111,462 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Hörmander is the 420th most popular mathematician (down from 376th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lars Hörmander ranks 420 out of 823Before him are Diocles, Luigi Cremona, Viggo Brun, Adriaan van Roomen, John Vitéz, and Karl Mollweide. After him are Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Goro Shimura, Otto Hölder, Mihailo Petrović, Johann II Bernoulli, and Nicomedes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Lars Hörmander ranks 196Before him are Dominic Chianese, Scotty Moore, Robert Enrico, Heisuke Hironaka, Camillo Ruini, and Dominique Lapierre. After him are Alda Merini, Rajko Kuzmanović, David Eddings, Allen Klein, Dean Jones, and Mickey Mantle. Among people deceased in 2012, Lars Hörmander ranks 148Before him are Eiko Ishioka, Shulamith Firestone, Iajuddin Ahmed, Albert O. Hirschman, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, and J. Christopher Stevens. After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Jean Laplanche, Pavel Grachev, Ivica Horvat, Carlo Rambaldi, and Eve Arnold.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Hörmander ranks 381 out of 1,612Before him are Malena Ernman (1970), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Sofia Helin (1972), Slim Borgudd (1946), Pehr Kalm (1716), and William Chambers (1723). After him are Gustav Cassel (1866), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Kalle Svensson (1925), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), and Daniel Solander (1733).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Sweden

Among mathematicians born in Sweden, Lars Hörmander ranks 4Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Helge von Koch (1870), and Lennart Carleson (1928). After him are Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866) and Harald Cramér (1893).