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Raoul Bott

1923 - 2005

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Raoul Bott (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raoul Bott has received more than 232,541 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Raoul Bott is the 469th most popular mathematician (up from 767th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 567th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Raoul Botts by language

Over the past year Raoul Bott has had the most page views in the with 29,841 views, followed by Chinese (2,745), and Spanish (2,540). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (368.29%), Uzbek (243.53%), and Belarusian (118.18%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Raoul Bott ranks 469 out of 1,004. Before him are Yutaka Taniyama, Frigyes Riesz, Jean Leray, Eric Temple Bell, Isadore Singer, and Hermann Hankel. After him are Daniele Barbaro, Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, James Stirling, Alfred J. Lotka, Dennis Sullivan, and Al-Mahani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Raoul Bott ranks 181. Before him are Gerard Reve, Naziha al-Dulaimi, Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge María Mejía, Fatmawati, and Jozef Lenárt. After him are Anita Björk, Sam Phillips, René Favaloro, Octavio Lepage, Václav Ježek, and Sam Francis. Among people deceased in 2005, Raoul Bott ranks 128. Before him are Kevin Hagen, Zoran Mušič, Eddie Albert, Vincent Gigante, Sergio Endrigo, and Gordon Gould. After him are Jimmy Smith, Suzanne Flon, Alain Bombard, Zainab al Ghazali, Jacques Villeret, and Alexander Gomelsky.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Raoul Bott ranks 323 out of 1,077. Before him are László Fazekas (1947), Ferenc Seres (1945), Elizabeth Granowska (1372), Ján Kadár (1918), Frigyes Riesz (1880), and Miklós Radnóti (1909). After him are Tivadar Puskás (1844), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Catherine Schell (1944), Friar Julian (1250), Péter Palotás (1929), and Johann Löwenthal (1810).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Raoul Bott ranks 9. Before him are George Pólya (1887), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), John G. Kemeny (1926), László Lovász (1948), and Frigyes Riesz (1880). After him are Peter Lax (1926), Pál Turán (1910), Klára Dán von Neumann (1911), Dénes Kőnig (1884), Paul Halmos (1916), and Endre Szemerédi (1940).

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