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Alexander Esenin-Volpin

1924 - 2016

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Alexander Sergeyevich Esenin-Volpin (also written Ésénine-Volpine and Yessenin-Volpin in his French and English publications; Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Есе́нин-Во́льпин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ jɪˈsʲenʲɪn ˈvolʲpʲɪn] ; May 12, 1924 – March 16, 2016) was a Russian-American poet and mathematician. A dissident, political prisoner and a leader of the Soviet human rights movement, he spent a total of six years incarcerated and repressed by the Soviet authorities in psikhushkas and exile. In mathematics, he is known for his foundational role in ultrafinitism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Esenin-Volpin is the 716th most popular mathematician (down from 686th in 2019), the 1,625th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,637th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Russian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Alexander Esenin-Volpin ranks 716 out of 1,004. Before him are Axel Thue, Vladimir Levenshtein, Sofya Yanovskaya, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Jacques Tits, and Alexander Ostrowski. After him are Carl Neumann, Heinz Prüfer, Fritz Noether, Eugene Dynkin, John Cairncross, and Wu Wenjun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Alexander Esenin-Volpin ranks 318. Before him are Lola Albright, Robert Körner, María Dolores Pradera, Oldřich Lipský, Roberto Mieres, and Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg. After him are Lloyd Alexander, Valerio Bacigalupo, Eugene Dynkin, Boris Markov, Pablo Birger, and David Cox. Among people deceased in 2016, Alexander Esenin-Volpin ranks 309. Before him are David Padilla, Axel Schandorff, Michel Rousseau, Luis Alberto Monge, Anita Brookner, and Marco Pannella. After him are Muhamed Mujić, John Johnson, Martin Gray, Fritz Stern, Michel Déon, and Susana Duijm.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Esenin-Volpin ranks 1,625 out of 3,761. Before him are Vladimir Mashkov (1963), Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), Vladislav Khodasevich (1886), Vladimir Kotelnikov (1908), Alexander Odoevsky (1802), and Max Wien (1866). After him are Vladimir Lisin (1956), Aleksandr Golovin (1863), Carl Neumann (1832), Aleksey Koltsov (1809), Alexander Gradsky (1949), and Alexander Men (1935).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Russia

Among mathematicians born in Russia, Alexander Esenin-Volpin ranks 44. Before him are Jürgen Moser (1928), Alexander Gelfond (1906), Dmitri Egorov (1869), Aleksey Krylov (1863), Svetlana Gannushkina (1942), and Vladimir Levenshtein (1935). After him are Carl Neumann (1832), Eugene Dynkin (1924), Yuri Matiyasevich (1947), Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900), Maxim Kontsevich (1964), and Dmitry Grave (1863).

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