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Robert Aumann

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Robert John Aumann (Yisrael Aumann, Hebrew: ישראל אומן; born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. Aumann received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Aumann is the 220th most popular mathematician (down from 158th in 2019), the 1,229th most popular biography from Germany (down from 950th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Mathematician.

Robert Aumann is most famous for his work in game theory. He is the co-winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Robert Aumann ranks 220 out of 1,004. Before him are Peter Tait, Élie Cartan, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Pierre Bouguer, Thomas Abbt, and Hermann Schwarz. After him are Pedro Nunes, Laurent Schwartz, Martin Kutta, Tullio Levi-Civita, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, and Antoine Augustin Cournot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Robert Aumann ranks 90. Before him are Chinua Achebe, Buck Henry, Ernst Albrecht, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Frank Drake, and Gérard Genette. After him are Pierre Bergé, Owen Garriott, José Sarney, Edgar Mitchell, Michal Kováč, and Mario Adorf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Aumann ranks 1,229 out of 7,253. Before him are Ivan Rebroff (1931), Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen (1763), Sigmar Polke (1941), Ludwig Guttmann (1899), Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732), and Leo von Klenze (1784). After him are Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), Christiane F. (1962), Lucian Freud (1922), Marie of Prussia (1825), Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874), and Franz Karl Achard (1753).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Robert Aumann ranks 26. Before him are Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Johannes Trithemius (1462), Ernst Schröder (1841), Maria Reiche (1903), and Thomas Abbt (1738). After him are Ernst Zermelo (1871), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Eduard Heine (1821), Edmund Landau (1877), and Adolf Hurwitz (1859).

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