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Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar

1930 - 2012

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Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (22 July 1930 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry. At the time of his death, he held the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Chair at Purdue University, and was also a professor of computer science and industrial engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar has received more than 150,347 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar is the 909th most popular mathematician, the 843rd most popular biography from India and the 16th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar ranks 909 out of 1,004. Before him are Javier Perez-Capdevila, Erna Schneider Hoover, W. T. Tutte, William Gemmell Cochran, Øystein Ore, and Robert Daniel Carmichael. After him are Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Herman Chernoff, George Szekeres, Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, and Wilhelm Wirtinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar ranks 546. Before him are Michele Giordano, György Mitró, Lynden Pindling, Armando Segato, Andrew Sachs, and Kauko Hänninen. After him are John Cullum, Geeta Bali, Ardalion Ignatyev, Leila Seth, Geeta Dutt, and Suzanne Morrow Francis. Among people deceased in 2012, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar ranks 436. Before him are John Connelly, Nevin Çokay, Dirk Bach, Reginald Hill, Maja Bošković-Stulli, and Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein. After him are Arthur Jensen, Stephen Dunham, Vladimir Astapovsky, Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Robert Hughes, and Elyse Knox.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar ranks 843 out of 1,861. Before him are V. Shantaram (1901), Sitara Devi (1920), Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (1958), Daulat Singh Kothari (1906), Salmaan Taseer (1944), and Varsha Adalja (1940). After him are Narayan Rao (1755), Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (1949), Jadav Payeng (1963), Subhash Ghai (1945), Salil Chowdhury (1925), and Bhanu Athaiya (1929).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar ranks 16. Before him are Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Harish-Chandra (1923), Kātyāyana (-200), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), and Radhanath Sikdar (1813). After him are J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Raman Parimala (1948), and Akshay Venkatesh (1981).

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