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Martin David Kruskal

1925 - 2006

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Martin David Kruskal (; September 28, 1925 – December 26, 2006) was an American mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis to asymptotic analysis. His most celebrated contribution was in the theory of solitons. He was a student at the University of Chicago and at New York University, where he completed his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin David Kruskal has received more than 134,781 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Martin David Kruskal is the 919th most popular mathematician (down from 823rd in 2019), the 10,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,544th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Martin David Kruskal ranks 919 out of 1,004. Before him are Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Ken Ribet, Satish Dhawan, and Jacob Bronowski. After him are J. H. C. Whitehead, Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, and George Mostow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Martin David Kruskal ranks 488. Before him are June Christy, G. William Miller, Günther Haase, Gordon George Avery, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Eric Fleming. After him are P. Bhanumathi, Swami Rama, Tom Dowd, Colette Marchand, Edward F. Moore, and Fernand Decanali. Among people deceased in 2006, Martin David Kruskal ranks 355. Before him are Shirley Walker, Gordon George Avery, Nellie Connally, Larry Black, Gun Röring, and László Jeney. After him are Henriette Avram, Atanas Mihaylov, Joseph Vissers, Soraya, Sybille Bedford, and Tamara Dobson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin David Kruskal ranks 10,881 out of 20,380. Before him are Josiah Bartlett (1729), Andrew Young (1932), Wally Cox (1924), Torrey DeVitto (1984), Jack McGrath (1919), and Ryan Tedder (1979). After him are Rockwell (1964), William Wallace Denslow (1856), AJ McLean (1978), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Jake Garn (1932), and David L. Rabinowitz (1960).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Martin David Kruskal ranks 80. Before him are Adele Goldstine (1920), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Herman Chernoff (1923), and Ken Ribet (1948). After him are Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), George Mostow (1923), Ormond Stone (1847), David Singmaster (1938), Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), and Carl Pomerance (1944).

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