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Lars Hörmander

1931 - 2012

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Lars Valter Hörmander (24 January 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations".[1] Hörmander was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Wolf Prize in 1988. In 2006 he was awarded the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his four-volume textbook Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators, which is considered a foundational work on the subject. Hörmander completed his Ph.D. in 1955 at Lund University. Hörmander then worked at Stockholm University, at Stanford University, and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Hörmander is the 368th most popular mathematician (up from 396th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 352nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Lars Hörmander ranks 368 out of 1,004. Before him are John Graunt, Paul Émile Appell, Otto Hesse, Alfred J. Lotka, Shiing-Shen Chern, and Martin Davis. After him are Zhu Shijie, Daina Taimiņa, Sergei Sobolev, Antoine Gombaud, Vladimir Drinfeld, and Michael Maestlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Lars Hörmander ranks 143. Before him are Barbara Bain, William H. Keeler, Margarita Lozano, Igor Oistrakh, Hirokazu Kanazawa, and Seyni Kountché. After him are Don Walsh, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Claire Bloom, Marianne Koch, Uri Orlev, and Peter Collins. Among people deceased in 2012, Lars Hörmander ranks 121. Before him are Charles Durning, Gitta Sereny, Alexis Weissenberg, Dawoud Rajiha, Vidal Sassoon, and Pahiño. After him are Lina Romay, Félix Miélli Venerando, Neslişah Sultan, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Sergio Pininfarina, and Jack Tramiel.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Hörmander ranks 302 out of 1,879. Before him are Erik Acharius (1757), Johann Patkul (1660), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Elizabeth Stride (1843), Otto Nordenskjöld (1869), and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982). After him are Anette Olzon (1971), Gillis Grafström (1893), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Maria Gripe (1923), Oskar Klein (1894), and Stig Blomqvist (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Sweden

Among mathematicians born in Sweden, Lars Hörmander ranks 4. Before him are Helge von Koch (1870), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), and Lennart Carleson (1928). After him are Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), Harald Cramér (1893), and Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861).

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