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Peter Sarnak

1953 - Today

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Peter Clive Sarnak (born 18 December 1953) is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sarnak has received more than 205,846 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Sarnak is the 871st most popular mathematician (down from 801st in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 179th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Mathematician.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Sarnak ranks 871 out of 823. Before him are Bill Gosper, Daina Taimiņa, Peter Scholze, Nigel Hitchin, Christopher Zeeman, and Mary Ellen Rudin. After him are Evelyn Boyd Granville, Artur Avila, Keith Devlin, Irving Kaplansky, Henry John Stephen Smith, and Fan Chung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Peter Sarnak ranks 533. Before him are Peter Mandelson, Antonio Villaraigosa, The Honky Tonk Man, Jimmy McCulloch, Stan Bush, and Jochen Danneberg. After him are Vincent Curatola, Harumi Kori, Pavel Pinigin, Benno Magnusson, Ralf Rothmann, and Aleksandr Poleshchuk.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Peter Sarnak ranks 203 out of 374. Before him are Troye Sivan (1995), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Guy Tunmer (1948), Maggie Laubser (1886), Theo de Raadt (1968), and Theuns Jordaan (1971). After him are Damon Galgut (1963), Phil Masinga (1969), Penelope Coelen (1940), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), J. L. B. Smith (1897), and Mark González (1984).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Peter Sarnak ranks 4. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928), Claude Chevalley (1909), and Richard Borcherds (1959).

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