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Richard S. Hamilton

1943 - 2024

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Richard Streit Hamilton (January 10, 1943 – September 29, 2024) was an American mathematician who served as the Davies Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University. Hamilton is known for contributions to geometric analysis and partial differential equations, and particularly for developing the theory of Ricci flow. Hamilton introduced the Ricci flow in 1982 and, over the next decades, he developed a network of results and ideas for using it to prove the Poincaré conjecture and geometrization conjecture from the field of geometric topology. Hamilton's work on the Ricci flow was recognized with an Oswald Veblen Prize, a Clay Research Award, a Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research and a Shaw Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard S. Hamilton is the 238th most popular mathematician (up from 402nd in 2019), the 1,850th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,190th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among mathematicians, Richard S. Hamilton ranks 238 out of 1,004. Before him are Abu Nasr Mansur, Theaetetus, Joseph Petzval, Michael Atiyah, Callippus, and Michel Chasles. After him are Giovanni Ceva, Marcel Grossmann, Ahmes, Ibn al-Shatir, Xu Guangqi, and Ernst Zermelo.

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Among people born in 1943, Richard S. Hamilton ranks 106. Before him are Hugh Thompson Jr., Superstar Billy Graham, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Thomas J. Sargent, René Préval, and Lorenzo Sanz. After him are George Benson, Bernard Tapie, Reinaldo Arenas, Robert Lefkowitz, Vint Cerf, and Richard J. Roberts. Among people deceased in 2024, Richard S. Hamilton ranks 90. Before him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Geneviève Grad, Silvia Pinal, Richard Serra, Issa Hayatou, and Martin Karplus. After him are Ratan Tata, Tony Todd, Tim Johnson, Philippe de Gaulle, John Mayall, and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard S. Hamilton ranks 1,850 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Gantt (1861), Phil Ochs (1940), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), Axeman of New Orleans (null), Cyrus West Field (1819), and Lee J. Cobb (1911). After him are Robert J. Flaherty (1884), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Tecumseh (1768), Viola Davis (1965), George Benson (1943), and Susanna Hoffs (1959).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Richard S. Hamilton ranks 14. Before him are Paul Cohen (1934), John Tate (1925), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Alonzo Church (1903), and Karen Uhlenbeck (1942). After him are Lloyd Shapley (1923), John G. Thompson (1932), Jesse Douglas (1897), Robert Axelrod (1943), Stephen Smale (1930), and Edward Kasner (1878).

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