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Tom M. Apostol

1923 - 2016

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Tom Mike Apostol ( ə-POSS-əl; August 20, 1923 – May 8, 2016) was an American mathematician and professor at the California Institute of Technology specializing in analytic number theory, best known as the author of widely used mathematical textbooks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom M. Apostol has received more than 178,492 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom M. Apostol is the 837th most popular mathematician (down from 724th in 2019), the 8,339th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,125th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Tom M. Apostol ranks 837 out of 1,004. Before him are Annie S. D. Maunder, Gregory Chaitin, Curtis T. McMullen, Nathan Jacobson, Friedrich Engel, and Sergey Nikolsky. After him are William Feller, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Walther von Dyck, Marshall Harvey Stone, and Thomas Henderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Tom M. Apostol ranks 379. Before him are Cesare Rubini, The Fabulous Moolah, Patrick Moore, Giorgio Pellini, Nena, and Larry Storch. After him are Ine Schäffer, Atilio Cremaschi, Willie Steele, Yevgeny Vesnik, Gunnar Åkerlund, and Rosy Varte. Among people deceased in 2016, Tom M. Apostol ranks 418. Before him are Teatao Teannaki, Fidel Uriarte, Joe Alaskey, Mariano Mores, Jacques Rouffio, and Howard Marks. After him are Mr. Fuji, Fernando Cardenal, Velimir Sombolac, Gunnel Vallquist, Ferreira Gullar, and Melvin Laird.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom M. Apostol ranks 8,339 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Mulligan (1932), Debra Hill (1950), Ray Allen (1975), Frankie Lymon (1942), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), and Barbara Ehrenreich (1941). After him are MrBeast (1998), Steven Millhauser (1943), Vince Gallagher (1899), Eric Trump (1984), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), and Heather Langenkamp (1964).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Tom M. Apostol ranks 63. Before him are Morris Kline (1908), Douglas McIlroy (1932), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Gregory Chaitin (1947), and Curtis T. McMullen (1958). After him are Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), Marston Morse (1892), Richard Garfield (1963), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Michael Aschbacher (1944), and Barry Mazur (1937).

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