MATHEMATICIAN

Abraham Robinson

1918 - 1974

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Abraham Robinson (born Robinsohn; October 6, 1918 – April 11, 1974) was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of nonstandard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were reincorporated into modern mathematics. Nearly half of Robinson's papers were in applied mathematics rather than in pure mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Robinson is the 504th most popular mathematician (down from 414th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Poland (down from 587th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Polish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abraham Robinson ranks 504 out of 1,004. Before him are Aleksandr Khinchin, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Issai Schur, Paul Halmos, Ian Stewart, and William Kingdon Clifford. After him are Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, John Vitéz, Thomas Bradwardine, Henryk Zygalski, Emil Leon Post, and Georgy Voronoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Abraham Robinson ranks 138. Before him are Hella Haasse, Aldo van Eyck, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Humaira Begum, George Mosse, and Giovanni Canestri. After him are Joseph Wiseman, Mickey Spillane, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Gottfried von Einem, Suzanne Flon, and Brenda Milner. Among people deceased in 1974, Abraham Robinson ranks 110. Before him are Anfilogino Guarisi, Lev Oborin, Antanas Sniečkus, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Spyridon Marinatos, and Yekaterina Furtseva. After him are Bud Abbott, Sucheta Kriplani, Emil Väre, Earl Warren, Mikheil Chiaureli, and Arnaud Denjoy.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Abraham Robinson ranks 644 out of 1,694. Before him are Aleksander Fredro (1793), Heinrich George (1893), Walther Wever (1887), Hugo von Pohl (1855), Wincenty Witos (1874), and Zofia Posmysz (1923). After him are Leszek Miller (1946), Yehuda Ashlag (1886), Szymon Marciniak (1981), Jan Sarkander (1576), Johannes Thiele (1860), and Jan Łaski (1499).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Poland

Among mathematicians born in Poland, Abraham Robinson ranks 21. Before him are Hugo Steinhaus (1887), Alfred Korzybski (1879), Richard Courant (1888), Klaus Roth (1925), Michael O. Rabin (1931), and Lazarus Fuchs (1833). After him are Emil Leon Post (1897), Theodor Kaluza (1885), Samuel Eilenberg (1913), Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853), Karol Borsuk (1905), and Alfred Pringsheim (1850).

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