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Wilhelm Ackermann

1896 - 1962

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Wilhelm Friedrich Ackermann (; German: [ˈakɐˌman]; 29 March 1896 – 24 December 1962) was a German mathematician and logician best known for his work in mathematical logic and the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Ackermann has received more than 132,383 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Wilhelm Ackermann is the 308th most popular mathematician (down from 305th in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,086th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 308 out of 1,004. Before him are Alan Baker, Jakow Trachtenberg, Vitello, Eutocius of Ascalon, Eugène Charles Catalan, and Aristyllus. After him are Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Igor Ansoff, Pierre Deligne, John Graunt, John Milnor, and Johannes Widmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 89. Before him are Ruth Gordon, Mao Dun, Ludwik Fleck, Pavel Alexandrov, Iona Yakir, and Hinrich Lohse. After him are Mir Jafar Baghirov, Faina Ranevskaya, Rudolf Schmundt, Zygmunt Berling, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, and Carl Zuckmayer. Among people deceased in 1962, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 63. Before him are E. E. Cummings, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Kirsten Flagstad, Leonardo De Lorenzo, Poul Nielsen, and Antoine Pevsner. After him are Louis Massignon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Michel de Ghelderode, Karl Rapp, Hans von Salmuth, and Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 2,028 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Troost (1878), John III, Duke of Cleves (1490), William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532), Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria (1386), and Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778). After him are Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Wilhelm Dörpfeld (1853), Handrij Zejler (1804), Rudolph Goclenius (1547), Anna of Brandenburg (1487), and Kai Hansen (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 36. Before him are Michael Stifel (1487), Andreas Osiander (1498), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), and Michael Maestlin (1550). After him are Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Nicholas Mercator (1620), Julius Plücker (1801), and Lothar Collatz (1910).

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