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Solomon W. Golomb

1932 - 2016

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Solomon Wolf Golomb (; May 30, 1932 – May 1, 2016) was an American mathematician, engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, best known for his works on mathematical games. Most notably, he invented Cheskers (a hybrid between chess and checkers) in 1948. He also fully described polyominoes and pentominoes in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Solomon W. Golomb has received more than 172,227 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Solomon W. Golomb is the 718th most popular mathematician (down from 716th in 2019), the 7,017th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,506th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Solomon W. Golomb ranks 718 out of 823. Before him are Friedrich Engel, Boris Galerkin, Anatoly Karatsuba, William Kahan, Douglas Hartree, and Vera T. Sós. After him are Antanas Mockus, E. T. Whittaker, Cesare Arzelà, Edmond Laguerre, Pyotr Novikov, and Leopold Vietoris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Solomon W. Golomb ranks 331. Before him are Noël Milarew Odingar, Olga Fikotová, Nino Defilippis, Tom Robbins, Maya Kristalinskaya, and Jerzy Pawłowski. After him are Sándor Mátrai, K. C. Jones, Ray Reardon, Cesare Perdisa, Ludovico Avio, and Vasili Kuznetsov. Among people deceased in 2016, Solomon W. Golomb ranks 337. Before him are Gilbert Kaplan, Heinrich Schiff, Peter Maxwell Davies, Halfdan T. Mahler, Françoise Mallet-Joris, and Malick Sidibé. After him are Jonathan Riley-Smith, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Geydar Dzhemal, Rune Larsson, Kimbo Slice, and Lothar Späth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Solomon W. Golomb ranks 7,017 out of 18,182. Before him are William T. Anderson (1839), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Maury Chaykin (1949), Skeeter Davis (1931), Skeet Ulrich (1970), and Charles Reidpath (1889). After him are Alice Faye (1915), Ninja (1991), Susan Anspach (1942), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Darren Star (1961), and Zach Galligan (1964).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Solomon W. Golomb ranks 47. Before him are Oswald Veblen (1880), John Tate (1925), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Gladys West (1930), Daniel Quillen (1940), and Gilbert Strang (1934). After him are Tom M. Apostol (1923), Charles Fefferman (1949), Dennis Sullivan (1941), Hassler Whitney (1907), Richard Garfield (1963), and Gregory Chaitin (1947).

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