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MATHEMATICIAN

Marston Morse

1892 - 1977

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Harold Calvin Marston Morse (March 24, 1892 – June 22, 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known as Morse theory. The Morse–Palais lemma, one of the key results in Morse theory, is named after him, as is the Thue–Morse sequence, an infinite binary sequence with many applications. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1929, the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1932, and the American Philosophical Society in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marston Morse has received more than 127,286 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Marston Morse is the 804th most popular mathematician (down from 765th in 2019), the 8,978th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,917th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Marston Morse ranks 804 out of 823. Before him are Solomon Marcus, Ivan Petrovsky, Yasumasa Kanada, Garrett Birkhoff, Richard Rado, and Stanislav Smirnov. After him are Harish-Chandra, Ormond Stone, Anatoly Maltsev, Horace Lamb, Cleve Moler, and Radhanath Sikdar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Marston Morse ranks 244. Before him are David Garnett, Harry Mallin, Jacob Viner, Keith Park, Ezio Pinza, and Cuno Hoffmeister. After him are Muhammad Sakizli, Ruth Roland, Seiichiro Kashio, Claire Windsor, Per Bertilsson, and Bjarne Johnsen. Among people deceased in 1977, Marston Morse ranks 216. Before him are Jean Delarge, Harald Strøm, Héctor Méndez, Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, Florence Vidor, and Ricardo Cortez. After him are Nunnally Johnson, Terence Rattigan, Odd Frantzen, Georges Grignard, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, and Hugo Lahtinen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marston Morse ranks 8,978 out of 18,182. Before him are John Torrey (1796), Dan Lauria (1947), Jerome Biffle (1928), Joseph Lamb (1887), Orlando Jones (1968), and John Adair (1757). After him are Greta Gerwig (1983), Russell Simpson (1880), Luther Adler (1903), Dennis Ralston (1942), Ken Salazar (1955), and Ethan Phillips (1955).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Marston Morse ranks 60. Before him are Robin Hartshorne (1938), Rudy Rucker (1946), Joseph Keller (1923), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), and Garrett Birkhoff (1911). After him are Ormond Stone (1847), Cleve Moler (1939), Barry Mazur (1937), Kenneth Appel (1932), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), and Curtis T. McMullen (1958).

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