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Marcel Riesz

1886 - 1969

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Marcel Riesz (Hungarian: Riesz Marcell [ˈriːs ˈmɒrt͡sɛll]; 16 November 1886 – 4 September 1969) was a Hungarian mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras. He spent most of his career in Lund, Sweden. Marcel is the younger brother of Frigyes Riesz, who was also an important mathematician and at times they worked together (see F. and M. Riesz theorem). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Riesz is the 834th most popular mathematician (down from 800th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 611th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Marcel Riesz ranks 834 out of 1,004. Before him are Ennio de Giorgi, Hellmuth Kneser, Friedrich Engel, Corrado Segre, George Szekeres, and Georgy Adelson-Velsky. After him are Oskar Perron, Harish-Chandra, Marina Ratner, Erich Kähler, Francesco Severi, and Wolfgang Krull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Marcel Riesz ranks 261. Before him are Muthulakshmi Reddy, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Hector Goetinck, Arthur Amundsen, Francis Carco, and Kōsaku Yamada. After him are Owen Moore, Robert L. Eichelberger, Fidel Pagés, Gustavo Jiménez, Alexander Drankov, and Herbert Lindström. Among people deceased in 1969, Marcel Riesz ranks 210. Before him are Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich, Miles Dempsey, Hans Rademacher, Károly Fogl, and Max Eastman. After him are Károly Dietz, Stratis Myrivilis, Ramdas Gandhi, Skip James, Barton MacLane, and Corneliu Robe.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Marcel Riesz ranks 668 out of 1,077. Before him are Imre Rajczy (1911), István Hevesi (1931), George Szekeres (1911), Péter Marót (1945), Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (1937), and Gyula Rákosi (1938). After him are Károly Dietz (1885), Paula Marosi (1936), Marie Stritt (1855), Ferenc Machos (1932), Béla Las-Torres (1890), and Kálmán Markovits (1931).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Marcel Riesz ranks 21. Before him are Dénes Kőnig (1884), Lipót Fejér (1880), Alfréd Haar (1885), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Vera T. Sós (1930), and George Szekeres (1911). After him are Raoul Bott (1923), Cornelius Lanczos (1893), and Béla Bollobás (1943).

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