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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 124,706 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Martin David Kruskal is the 826th most popular mathematician (down from 793rd in 2019), the 9,565th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,554th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Martin David Kruskal ranks 826 out of 823. Before him are Richard K. Guy, Yuri Linnik, Norman Johnson, Hans Lewy, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, and Frank Morley. After him are Salomon Bochner, Avi Wigderson, George Mostow, Elon Lindenstrauss, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, and Robert Daniel Carmichael.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Martin David Kruskal ranks 434. Before him are Anne V. Coates, Eric Fleming, Otto Arosemena, Gene Ammons, Slater Martin, and Johnny Mandel. After him are Ossi Reichert, Kurt Lundquist, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Wahiduddin Khan, James Moody, and Adelina Gutiérrez. Among people deceased in 2006, Martin David Kruskal ranks 309. Before him are Loyola de Palacio, Neroli Fairhall, Bernie Geoffrion, Ann Richards, Darren McGavin, and Shirley Walker. After him are Ossi Reichert, Joseph Vissers, Ron Greenwood, Soraya, Bertha Brouwer, and Gösta Sandberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin David Kruskal ranks 9,565 out of 18,182. Before him are Ann Dvorak (1911), Joe Exotic (1963), William Schallert (1922), Chaz Bono (1969), Christian Laettner (1969), and Sakina Jaffrey (1962). After him are Bobbi Starr (1983), Charlie Hickcox (1947), Larry Young (1940), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Jonathan Togo (1977), and Robert Zubrin (1952).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Martin David Kruskal ranks 68. Before him are Cleve Moler (1939), Barry Mazur (1937), Kenneth Appel (1932), Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), and Norman Johnson (1930). After him are George Mostow (1923), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Martin Davis (1928), Ken Ribet (1948), Michael Aschbacher (1944), and Douglas McIlroy (1932).

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