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MATHEMATICIAN

Richard Borcherds

1959 - Today

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Richard Ewen Borcherds (; born 29 November 1959) is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Borcherds has received more than 227,925 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Borcherds is the 834th most popular mathematician (down from 760th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 137th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Mathematician.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Richard Borcherds ranks 834 out of 823. Before him are Avi Wigderson, George Mostow, Elon Lindenstrauss, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Robert Daniel Carmichael, and Diederik Korteweg. After him are Martin Davis, Poul Heegaard, Caucher Birkar, Demetrios Christodoulou, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Richard Borcherds ranks 383. Before him are Waldemar Pawlak, Mikhail Gurevich, Adriana Ozores, Tomas Gustafson, Eirik Kvalfoss, and Charles Scicluna. After him are Satoshi Miyauchi, Alexander Belostenny, Tomislav Karamarko, Hiroyuki Sakashita, Ken Kirzinger, and Fyodor Cherenkov.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Richard Borcherds ranks 154 out of 374. Before him are Francois Pienaar (1967), Sid James (1913), Yolandi Visser (1984), Candice Swanepoel (1988), Zindzi Mandela (1960), and Eddie Keizan (1944). After him are Marjorie Clark (1909), Glynis Barber (1955), Ilana Kloss (1956), Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), and Thomas Shardelow (1931).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Richard Borcherds ranks 3. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928) and Claude Chevalley (1909). After him are Peter Sarnak (1953).

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