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Mark Kac

1914 - 1984

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Mark Kac ( KAHTS; Polish: Marek Kac; August 3, 1914 – October 26, 1984) was a Polish-American mathematician. His main interest was probability theory. His question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?" set off research into spectral theory, the idea of understanding the extent to which the spectrum allows one to read back the geometry. In the end, the answer was generally "no". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Kac is the 910th most popular mathematician (down from 871st in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 901st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Ukrainian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Mark Kac ranks 910 out of 1,004. Before him are James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Elon Lindenstrauss, Christine Darden, Armand Borel, Richard Borcherds, and David Blackwell. After him are Salomon Bochner, Philip Hall, Don Zagier, Branko Grünbaum, Paul Koebe, and James Arthur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Mark Kac ranks 380. Before him are Heidi Kabel, Ted Moore, Billy Eckstine, Rolf Holmberg, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, and Bob Gerard. After him are Bill Erwin, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Donald A. Wollheim, Giuseppe Berto, Jonathan Harris, and John James. Among people deceased in 1984, Mark Kac ranks 244. Before him are Ernst Stueckelberg, Joseph Gonzales, Vladimir Tendryakov, Esther Phillips, Rosa Kellner, and Paul Felix Schmidt. After him are John Betjeman, Karl Neumer, Joan Lindsay, Jon-Erik Hexum, Bjarne Johnsen, and Balasaraswati.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mark Kac ranks 940 out of 1,365. Before him are Mike Mazurki (1907), Kyrylo Budanov (1986), Andriy Pyatov (1984), Sam Zimbalist (1905), Mikhail Svetlov (1903), and Tatiana Navka (1975). After him are Ruslan Ponomariov (1983), Peter Bondra (1968), Leonid Fedun (1956), Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (1963), Rose Friedman (1910), and Natasha Korolyova (1973).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ukraine

Among mathematicians born in Ukraine, Mark Kac ranks 30. Before him are Nikolai Chebotaryov (1894), Yuri Linnik (1914), Maryna Viazovska (1984), Stanisław Zaremba (1863), Andrzej Mostowski (1913), and Juliusz Schauder (1899). After him are Leonid Levin (1948), and Svetlana Jitomirskaya (1966).

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