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Neil Sloane

1939 - Today

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Neil James Alexander Sloane FLSW (born October 10, 1939) is a British-American mathematician. His major contributions are in the fields of combinatorics, error-correcting codes, and sphere packing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Sloane has received more than 187,772 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Neil Sloane is the 945th most popular mathematician (down from 852nd in 2019), the 5,643rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,099th in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Mathematician.

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  • 190k

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  • 48.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Neil Sloane ranks 945 out of 1,004. Before him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Yakov Eliashberg, Leonard Jimmie Savage, Carl Pomerance, Andrew M. Gleason, and Bill Gosper. After him are Timothy Gowers, David Blackwell, Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Christopher Zeeman, Richard Schoen, and Mary Ellen Rudin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Neil Sloane ranks 593. Before him are Kinuko Tanida, Seán Brady, John M. Fabian, Marit Paulsen, Yury Sharov, and Ayi Kwei Armah. After him are Hugo Villanueva, Eddie Kendricks, Martha Hudson, Stephen L. Adler, Barbara Bosson, and Paul Nihill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Neil Sloane ranks 5,643 out of 8,785. Before him are James Bowen (1979), Madge Adam (1912), Michael Moran (1948), Kalvin Phillips (1995), Anna of East Anglia (null), and Micah Richards (1988). After him are Nick Clegg (1967), Shirley Cawley (1932), Annie Ross (1930), Rupert Hine (1947), Muriel Freeman (1897), and Tasmin Archer (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United Kingdom

Among mathematicians born in United Kingdom, Neil Sloane ranks 105. Before him are William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), George Peacock (1791), James Maynard (1987), Graham Higman (1917), and Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765). After him are Timothy Gowers (1963), Kathleen Ollerenshaw (1912), Marcus du Sautoy (1965), Frank Adams (1930), Nigel Hitchin (1946), and Dusa McDuff (1945).

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