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Raoul Bott

1923 - 2005

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Raoul Bott (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used in this context, and the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raoul Bott is the 864th most popular mathematician (down from 469th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 323rd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Hungarian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Raoul Bott ranks 864 out of 1,004. Before him are Richard Taylor, Yasumasa Kanada, Richard K. Guy, Émile Léonard Mathieu, I. J. Good, and Cédric Villani. After him are Robert Daniel Carmichael, Marston Morse, Cornelius Lanczos, Roger Apéry, Diederik Korteweg, and Shinichi Mochizuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Raoul Bott ranks 399. Before him are Albert Decourtray, Basil Hume, Liviu Ciulei, Augusto Magli, Avram Davidson, and Yevgeny Vesnik. After him are Willem Slijkhuis, Inge Keller, Tom M. Apostol, Haydée Santamaría, Eric Sykes, and Ron Flockhart. Among people deceased in 2005, Raoul Bott ranks 302. Before him are Enric Gensana, Matthew McGrory, Maria Vierdag, Jim Capaldi, Atef Sedky, and Miriam Rothschild. After him are Humphrey Carpenter, Ismail Merchant, David Lange, Hubert Curien, Leonid Shamkovich, and Percy Heath.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Raoul Bott ranks 717 out of 1,077. Before him are Lajos Kocsis (1947), József Sákovics (1927), Péter Balázs (1941), József Csermely (1945), Marianna Nagy (1929), and Árpád Orbán (1938). After him are Aladár Kovácsi (1932), George Mikes (1912), Cornelius Lanczos (1893), Imre Hódos (1928), Gabriele Possanner (1860), and Róbert Antal (1921).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Hungary

Among mathematicians born in Hungary, Raoul Bott ranks 22. Before him are Lipót Fejér (1880), Alfréd Haar (1885), Alfréd Rényi (1921), Vera T. Sós (1930), George Szekeres (1911), and Marcel Riesz (1886). After him are Cornelius Lanczos (1893), and Béla Bollobás (1943).

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