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Louis J. Mordell

1888 - 1972

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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 – 12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for pioneering research in number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis J. Mordell has received more than 36,450 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Louis J. Mordell is the 598th most popular mathematician (up from 649th in 2019), the 5,308th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,189th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Louis J. Mordell ranks 598 out of 823Before him are Arend Heyting, John Lennox, Baudhayana sutras, Erhard Schmidt, Moritz Pasch, and Joseph Raphson. After him are Michael Artin, Alfred Pringsheim, Saunders Mac Lane, Jürgen Moser, Jean-Étienne Montucla, and Plato Tiburtinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Louis J. Mordell ranks 154Before him are Marcel Jouhandeau, Alexander Chayanov, Kiichiro Higuchi, Osip Brik, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. After him are Dan Andersson, Edward Cook, Ralph Hartley, Ronald Knox, Tom Phillips, and Alfred Asikainen. Among people deceased in 1972, Louis J. Mordell ranks 146Before him are Hermann Boehm, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Saul Alinsky, Meena Kumari, and Stanislaus Kobierski. After him are Edward Cook, Bernabé Ferreyra, Moe Berg, Abeid Karume, Vera Inber, and Mitchell Leisen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis J. Mordell ranks 5,308 out of 18,182Before him are Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), Robert Mills (1927), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Bridget Moynahan (1971), and Linden Ashby (1960). After him are Catherine Bach (1954), Gregory Itzin (1948), Helen Wills (1905), Andy Samberg (1978), Joe Montana (1956), and Chester Thompson (1948).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Louis J. Mordell ranks 39Before him are Harold Hotelling (1895), Richard Montague (1930), Michael Freedman (1951), Benjamin Peirce (1809), Ronald Graham (1935), and Edward O. Thorp (1932). After him are Saunders Mac Lane (1909), Oswald Veblen (1880), John Tate (1925), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Gladys West (1930), and Daniel Quillen (1940).