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Viggo Brun

1885 - 1978

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Viggo Brun (13 October 1885 – 15 August 1978) was a Norwegian professor, mathematician and number theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viggo Brun has received more than 30,615 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Viggo Brun is the 379th most popular mathematician (up from 415th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Norway (up from 151st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 54.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Viggo Brun has had the most page views in the with 3,858 views, followed by Chinese (1,527), and German (1,110). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (77.81%), Catalan (65.37%), and Romanian (36.53%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Viggo Brun ranks 379 out of 1,004. Before him are Yakov Sinai, Edward Kasner, Philipp Frank, Felix Bernstein, Hypsicles, and Sam Loyd. After him are Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Rudolf E. Kálmán, William Sealy Gosset, William Jones, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, and Richard Courant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Viggo Brun ranks 101. Before him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Milan Vidmar, Frank Knight, Constantin Sănătescu, Elihan Tore, and Ralph Rose. After him are Leó Weiner, Josef Frank, Mineichi Koga, Francisco Bru, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, and Sophie, Princess of Albania. Among people deceased in 1978, Viggo Brun ranks 85. Before him are Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia, Luigi Allemandi, Gunnar Nilsson, Pancho Vladigerov, Armin T. Wegner, and Gabriel Ramanantsoa. After him are Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Edmundo Suárez, Leo Genn, Hans Stuck, Emilio Portes Gil, and Max Mallowan.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Viggo Brun ranks 140 out of 1,039. Before him are Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Anne Jahren (1963), Caspar Wessel (1745), Margit Sandemo (1924), Jørgen Juve (1906), and Johan Nygaardsvold (1879). After him are Euronymous (1968), Per Petterson (1952), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Magnus Carlsen (1990), and Karin Fossum (1954).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Viggo Brun ranks 6. Before him are Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Sophus Lie (1842), Atle Selberg (1917), Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), and Caspar Wessel (1745). After him are Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Axel Thue (1863), Carl Størmer (1874), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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