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Bernhard Riemann

1826 - 1866

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Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (; German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛʁnhaʁt ˈʁiːman] ; 17 September 1826 – 20 July 1866) was a German mathematician who made profound contributions to analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he is mostly known for the first rigorous formulation of the integral, the Riemann integral, and his work on Fourier series. His contributions to complex analysis include most notably the introduction of Riemann surfaces, breaking new ground in a natural, geometric treatment of complex analysis. His 1859 paper on the prime-counting function, containing the original statement of the Riemann hypothesis, is regarded as a foundational paper of analytic number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Riemann is the 12th most popular mathematician (down from 11th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 41st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Mathematician.

Bernhard Riemann is most famous for his contributions to mathematics, including the Riemann integral, the Riemann-Roch theorem, and the Riemann hypothesis.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bernhard Riemann ranks 12 out of 1,004. Before him are Euclid, Fibonacci, Ada Lovelace, Leonhard Euler, Omar Khayyam, and John Forbes Nash Jr.. After him are Hypatia, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Al-Biruni, Pierre de Fermat, Bertrand Russell, and Jacob Bernoulli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Bernhard Riemann ranks 1. After him are Carlo Collodi, Charles XV of Sweden, Eugénie de Montijo, Gustave Moreau, Cetshwayo kaMpande, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Ludwig Minkus, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro. Among people deceased in 1866, Bernhard Riemann ranks 1. After him are Miguel I of Portugal, George Everest, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Hermann Goldschmidt, Tokugawa Iemochi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, William Whewell, Chief Seattle, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Riemann ranks 32 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Frederick the Great (1712), Johannes Brahms (1833), Friedrich Engels (1820), Angela Merkel (1954), and Max Planck (1858). After him are Anne Frank (1929), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Hermann Hesse (1877), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Martin Heidegger (1889), and Karl Dönitz (1891).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Bernhard Riemann ranks 3. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), and Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777). After him are Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Gottlob Frege (1848), Emmy Noether (1882), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Regiomontanus (1436).

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