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Stephen Smale

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Stephen Smale (born July 15, 1930) is an American mathematician, known for his research in topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (1960–1961 and 1964–1995), where he currently is Professor Emeritus, with research interests in algorithms, numerical analysis and global analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Smale is the 307th most popular mathematician (up from 324th in 2019), the 2,455th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,562nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Stephen Smale ranks 307 out of 1,004. Before him are Yakov Sinai, Robert Axelrod, Michael Stifel, Hillel Furstenberg, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, and John Horton Conway. After him are Marino Ghetaldi, John Wilkins, Enrico Bombieri, Isaac Beeckman, Sergei Novikov, and Farkas Bolyai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Stephen Smale ranks 130. Before him are Walter Bonatti, Vilma Espín, Barbara, Ilon Wikland, Don L. Lind, and Sonny Rollins. After him are Akiyuki Nosaka, Lina Kostenko, John Romita Sr., Eugenio Castellotti, Igor Netto, and Ornette Coleman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Smale ranks 2,455 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Reynolds (1987), John Cusack (1966), Thomas Eakins (1844), Vera Wang (1949), Jeff Kinney (1971), and Marg Helgenberger (1958). After him are Robert C. Merton (1944), Dean Koontz (1945), Richard Sennett (1943), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), James Oliver Curwood (1878), and George Roy Hill (1921).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Stephen Smale ranks 19. Before him are Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Lloyd Shapley (1923), John G. Thompson (1932), Jesse Douglas (1897), and Robert Axelrod (1943). After him are Edward Kasner (1878), Martin Davis (1928), John Milnor (1931), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Marshall Harvey Stone (1903), and Sal Khan (1976).

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