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Karen Uhlenbeck

1942 - Today

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Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS (born August 24, 1942) is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis. She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair. She is currently a distinguished visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a visiting senior research scholar at Princeton University. Uhlenbeck was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Uhlenbeck is the 231st most popular mathematician (up from 271st in 2019), the 1,770th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,147th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Karen Uhlenbeck ranks 231 out of 1,004. Before her are Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Pierre Varignon, Helge von Koch, Hermann Grassmann, and Menaechmus. After her are Abu Nasr Mansur, Theaetetus, Joseph Petzval, Michael Atiyah, Callippus, and Michel Chasles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Karen Uhlenbeck ranks 116. Before her are Lee Kun-hee, Donna Leon, Muhammadu Buhari, Maria Kaczyńska, Britt Ekland, and Linda Evans. After her are Mike Newell, Fred Ward, Larry Flynt, Michael Jackson, Carlos Monzón, and George Jung.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karen Uhlenbeck ranks 1,770 out of 20,380. Before her are Courtney Love (1964), William C. McCool (1961), Hugh Glass (1783), Paul Ryan (1970), Ronnie Coleman (1964), and Kaley Cuoco (1985). After her are Lee Evans (1947), Fred Ward (1942), Patrick McGoohan (1928), John Fogerty (1945), Myrtle Corbin (1868), and Benjamin Butler (1818).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Karen Uhlenbeck ranks 13. Before her are Claude Shannon (1916), Paul Cohen (1934), John Tate (1925), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), and Alonzo Church (1903). After her are Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Lloyd Shapley (1923), John G. Thompson (1932), Jesse Douglas (1897), Robert Axelrod (1943), and Stephen Smale (1930).

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