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MATHEMATICIAN

Ludwig Schläfli

1814 - 1895

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Ludwig Schläfli (15 January 1814 – 20 March 1895) was a Swiss mathematician, specialising in geometry and complex analysis (at the time called function theory) who was one of the key figures in developing the notion of higher-dimensional spaces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Schläfli has received more than 84,367 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Schläfli is the 739th most popular mathematician, the 500th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 16th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ludwig Schläfli ranks 739 out of 823Before him are Vaughan Jones, Marina Ratner, Laurent Lafforgue, Charles Fefferman, Francesco Brioschi, and Leo Königsberger. After him are Benjamin Robins, William Feller, Dennis Sullivan, Simon Donaldson, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, and Hassler Whitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Ludwig Schläfli ranks 61Before him are Adolph Tidemand, Franz Josef Ruprecht, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Oskar Kolberg, Edwin Stanton, and Nicolaas Beets. After him are Samuel J. Tilden, Dimitrios Valvis, Charles Mackay, George-Étienne Cartier, John C. Pemberton, and José Posada Herrera. Among people deceased in 1895, Ludwig Schläfli ranks 71Before him are Thomas Francis Wade, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, George Newbold Lawrence, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, and Friedrich Tietjen. After him are Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Joseph Thomson, Charles Frédéric Girard, Calvert Vaux, Henry Seebohm, and Walter Q. Gresham.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Ludwig Schläfli ranks 500 out of 876Before him are Bruno Manser (1954), Béatrix Beck (1914), Marc Faber (1946), Yvonne Rüegg (1938), Kurt Furgler (1924), and Adolf Muschg (1934). After him are Henri Dès (1940), Leon Schlumpf (1925), Bruno Heim (1911), Haris Seferović (1992), Alphons Egli (1924), and Heinz Hermann (1958).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Ludwig Schläfli ranks 16Before him are Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Jakob Hermann (1678), and Johann Baptist Cysat (1585). After him are Georges de Rham (1903), Armand Borel (1923), Nicolas Fuss (1755), and Martin Hairer (1975).