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George Mostow

1923 - 2017

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George Daniel Mostow (July 4, 1923 – April 4, 2017) was an American mathematician, renowned for his contributions to Lie theory. He was the Henry Ford II (emeritus) Professor of Mathematics at Yale University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the 49th president of the American Mathematical Society (1987–1988), and a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1982 to 1992. The rigidity phenomenon for lattices in Lie groups he discovered and explored is known as Mostow rigidity. His work on rigidity played an essential role in the work of three Fields medalists, namely Grigori Margulis, William Thurston, and Grigori Perelman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Mostow is the 896th most popular mathematician (up from 925th in 2019), the 10,109th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,012th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among mathematicians, George Mostow ranks 896 out of 1,004. Before him are Richard Brauer, Andrei Okounkov, Yitang Zhang, Henryk Iwaniec, Gilbert Strang, and Leopold Löwenheim. After him are Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, Clifford Truesdell, Claire Voisin, Hjalmar Mellin, and Volker Strassen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, George Mostow ranks 419. Before him are George Russell, Ivano Blason, Aleksandr Alov, The Fabulous Moolah, Alice von Hildebrand, and Adolphe Hug. After him are Roger Foulon, Ted Stevens, Ernesto Prinoth, Gunnar Åkerlund, Fernando Campos, and Vladimir Tendryakov. Among people deceased in 2017, George Mostow ranks 510. Before him are Eugenio Bersellini, Türkân Akyol, Reinhold Durnthaler, Ivan Koloff, František Ševčík, and Peter Sarstedt. After him are Walter Becker, Bernie Casey, Ivan Stoyanov, Kurt Marti, Lisbeth Korsmo, and Ronald Drever.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Mostow ranks 10,111 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Duggan (1954), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Jennifer Syme (1972), Conway Twitty (1933), Vickie Guerrero (1968), and Nicholas Colasanto (1924). After him are Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Gary L. Francione (1954), Marcia Strassman (1948), George Hearst (1820), Oliver Evans (1755), and Corine Mauch (1960).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, George Mostow ranks 76. Before him are Adele Goldstine (1920), Herman Chernoff (1923), Robin Hartshorne (1938), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), and Gilbert Strang (1934). After him are Elwyn Berlekamp (1940), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Christine Darden (1942), David Blackwell (1919), Martin David Kruskal (1925), and Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924).

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