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Peter Sarnak

1953 - Today

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Peter Clive Sarnak (born 18 December 1953) is a South African and American mathematician. Sarnak has been a member of the permanent faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study since 2007. He is also Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Sir Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in analytic number theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Sarnak is the 938th most popular mathematician (up from 958th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 240th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Peter Sarnak ranks 938 out of 1,004. Before him are Antoni Zygmund, Yakov Eliashberg, Poul Heegaard, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Krystyna Kuperberg, and Nikolai Durov. After him are Christopher Zeeman, W. T. Tutte, Ormond Stone, Neil Sloane, Cleve Moler, and Norman Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Peter Sarnak ranks 537. Before him are Anna Komorowska, Kevin Nealon, Peter Mandelson, Yahya Ould Hademine, Willy Rampf, and Gus Williams. After him are Evelin Kaufer, Raad Hammoudi, Susan Pedersen, Kaarlo Maaninka, Néjib Ghommidh, and Kay Lenz.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Peter Sarnak ranks 200 out of 454. Before him are Neill Blomkamp (1979), Desiré Wilson (1953), Basil van Rooyen (1939), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), Francois Pienaar (1967), and Dimas (1969). After him are Bruce Johnstone (1937), Francois Botha (1968), Thomas François Burgers (1834), Helen Zille (1951), Mzilikazi (1790), and Liezel Huber (1976).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In South Africa

Among mathematicians born in South Africa, Peter Sarnak ranks 4. Before him are Seymour Papert (1928), Claude Chevalley (1909), and Richard Borcherds (1959). After him are Stanley Skewes (1899).

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