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Ken Ribet

1948 - Today

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Kenneth Alan Ribet (; born June 28, 1948) is an American mathematician working in algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. He is known for the Herbrand–Ribet theorem and Ribet's theorem, which were key ingredients in the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, as well as for his service as President of the American Mathematical Society from 2017 to 2019. He is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Ribet is the 685th most popular mathematician (up from 916th in 2019), the 6,124th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,843rd in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ken Ribet ranks 685 out of 1,004. Before him are Thoralf Skolem, Julius Petersen, Nilakantha Somayaji, Egon Pearson, Edmond Laguerre, and Johann Karl Burckhardt. After him are Friedrich Waismann, Roy Kerr, Jerzy Różycki, Marie-Jeanne de Lalande, Helena Rasiowa, and William Kahan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ken Ribet ranks 389. Before him are Christopher Guest, Eleonora Brown, Massoud Rajavi, Chester Thompson, Larry Carlton, and Rainer Zobel. After him are Raúl Reyes, Dušan Kovačević, Alexander McCall Smith, Gian Piero Ventura, Dave Holland, and Hans Moravec.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Ribet ranks 6,124 out of 20,380. Before him are Matthew Lillard (1970), John McIntire (1907), Charlotte Flair (1986), Gilbert Baker (1951), Johnny Hodges (1906), and Jennifer Tilly (1958). After him are Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Fred Alderman (1905), Sally Kellerman (1937), Robert Henri (1865), Lewis Terman (1877), and Otis Bowen (1918).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Ken Ribet ranks 49. Before him are Michael Freedman (1951), Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874), Haskell Curry (1900), Oswald Veblen (1880), Richard Montague (1930), and Harold Hotelling (1895). After him are Joseph Keller (1923), Daniel Quillen (1940), Gladys West (1930), Solomon W. Golomb (1932), Gregory Chaitin (1947), and Charles Fefferman (1949).

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