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Solomon Lefschetz

1884 - 1972

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Solomon Lefschetz (Russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец; 3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was a Russian-born American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear ordinary differential equations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Solomon Lefschetz is the 562nd most popular mathematician (down from 516th in 2019), the 1,175th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,218th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Russian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Solomon Lefschetz ranks 562 out of 1,004. Before him are Johann Samuel König, Athir al-Din al-Abhari, Samuel Eilenberg, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Pál Turán, and D. R. Kaprekar. After him are Isadore Singer, Louis J. Mordell, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Dénes Kőnig, Mikio Sato, and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Solomon Lefschetz ranks 116. Before him are Maciej Rataj, Roy Chapman Andrews, Félix Éboué, Sekula Drljević, Frank Waller, and Ludowika Jakobsson. After him are Dénes Kőnig, Evelyn Nesbit, Angelos Sikelianos, Jack Greenwell, Gösta Lilliehöök, and Bohumil Kubišta. Among people deceased in 1972, Solomon Lefschetz ranks 129. Before him are Milton L. Humason, August Zaleski, Stanislaus Kobierski, Deniz Gezmiş, Friedrich Christiansen, and Carlo Agostoni. After him are Louis J. Mordell, Raúl Leoni, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Joseph Cornell, Paul Grüninger, and Max Aub.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Solomon Lefschetz ranks 1,175 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexey Sudayev (1912), Andrey Zvyagintsev (1964), Galina Zybina (1931), Alexander Bestuzhev (1797), Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), and Anna Filosofova (1837). After him are Olena Teliha (1906), Yulian Semyonov (1931), Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890), Alexander Karpinsky (1846), Paul Gorguloff (1895), and George Volkoff (1914).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Russia

Among mathematicians born in Russia, Solomon Lefschetz ranks 33. Before him are Vladimir Smirnov (1887), Nikolai Luzin (1883), Kurt Hensel (1861), Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (1906), Aleksandr Khinchin (1894), and Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov (1912). After him are Evgraf Fedorov (1853), Stanisław Leśniewski (1886), Boris Delaunay (1890), Efim Zelmanov (1955), Jürgen Moser (1928), and Alexander Gelfond (1906).

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