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Oskar Perron

1880 - 1975

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Oskar Perron (7 May 1880 – 22 February 1975) was a German mathematician. He was a professor at the University of Heidelberg from 1914 to 1922 and at the University of Munich from 1922 to 1951. He made numerous contributions to differential equations and partial differential equations, including the Perron method to solve the Dirichlet problem for elliptic partial differential equations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oskar Perron has received more than 52,485 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Perron is the 774th most popular mathematician (up from 783rd in 2019), the 4,784th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,512th in 2019) and the 90th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Oskar Perron ranks 774 out of 1,004. Before him are Yitang Zhang, Leonida Tonelli, Gilbert Strang, Walter Rudin, Wendelin Werner, and Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro. After him are Franz Mertens, Gu Chaohao, Vaughan Jones, Martin Davis, Hassler Whitney, and Nikolai Chebotaryov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Oskar Perron ranks 178. Before him are George Preca, Johan Jarlén, Josef Gočár, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, W. T. Cosgrave, and Vlastimil Tusar. After him are Ioannis Malokinis, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Vladas Mironas, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, and Russell Simpson. Among people deceased in 1975, Oskar Perron ranks 199. Before him are Gabriel Aresti, Hermann Paul Müller, Åge Lundström, Lajos Steiner, Antonio Vojak, and May Sutton. After him are Charles Reidpath, Glenn Hardin, Oliver Nelson, Argemiro, Robert Strauss, and Tommy Green.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oskar Perron ranks 4,784 out of 7,253. Before him are Wendelin Werner (1968), Roland Grapow (1959), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), Axel von dem Bussche (1919), Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), and Ernst Ahl (1898). After him are Thomas Helmer (1965), Helene Stöcker (1869), Oliver of Paderborn (1170), Hubert Hahne (1935), Arno Bieberstein (1886), and Didi Senft (1952).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Oskar Perron ranks 90. Before him are Oswald Teichmüller (1913), Leonard Nelson (1882), Erich Kähler (1906), Jordanus de Nemore (null), Johann Faulhaber (1580), and Wendelin Werner (1968). After him are Wolfgang Krull (1899), Richard Rado (1906), Carl Hindenburg (1741), Christoph Gudermann (1798), Heinz Prüfer (1896), and Friedrich Engel (1861).

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