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Sergey Mergelyan

1928 - 2008

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Sergey Mergelyan (Armenian: Սերգեյ Մերգելյան; 19 May 1928 – 20 August 2008) was a Soviet and Armenian mathematician, who made major contributions to the Approximation theory. The modern Complex Approximation Theory is based on Mergelyan's classical work. Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (since 1953), member of NAS ASSR (since 1956). The surname "Mergelov" given at birth was changed for patriotic reasons to the more Armenian-sounding "Mergelyan" by the mathematician himself before his trip to Moscow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergey Mergelyan is the 773rd most popular mathematician (down from 740th in 2019). (down from 3,868th in 2019)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Sergey Mergelyan ranks 773 out of 1,004. Before him are Franz Mertens, Hassler Whitney, John Lennox, Paul Montel, Hans Lewy, and Francesco Brioschi. After him are Spiru Haret, Christoph Gudermann, Jacques-Louis Lions, Grace Chisholm Young, Leo Königsberger, and Kenkichi Iwasawa.

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Among people born in 1928, Sergey Mergelyan ranks 413. Before him are Simón Díaz, Washington Ortuño, Barbara Ann Scott, Ivar Aronsson, Piero Angela, and Stanley Mandelstam. After him are Fritz Herkenrath, Jacques-Louis Lions, Valentin Muratov, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Jorma Valkama, and Fatemeh Pahlavi. Among people deceased in 2008, Sergey Mergelyan ranks 250. Before him are John Templeton, Eugenio Montejo, Kurt Furgler, William Gibson, Gábor Delneky, and Halszka Osmólska. After him are Mikhail Solomentsev, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Paulos Faraj Rahho, Horst Stein, Don McKenzie, and Esbjörn Svensson.

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