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Tom M. Apostol

1923 - 2016

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Tom Mike Apostol ( ə-POSS-əl; August 20, 1923 – May 8, 2016) was an American mathematician and professor at the California Institute of Technology specializing in analytic number theory, best known as the author of widely used mathematical textbooks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom M. Apostol is the 872nd most popular mathematician (down from 837th in 2019), the 9,465th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,341st in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Tom M. Apostol ranks 872 out of 1,004. Before him are Marston Morse, Cornelius Lanczos, Roger Apéry, Diederik Korteweg, Shinichi Mochizuki, and Suzan Kahramaner. After him are Wilhelm Wirtinger, Walther von Dyck, Michael Aschbacher, Andrzej Mostowski, Anatoly Maltsev, and Ngô Bảo Châu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Tom M. Apostol ranks 402. Before him are Augusto Magli, Avram Davidson, Yevgeny Vesnik, Raoul Bott, Willem Slijkhuis, and Inge Keller. After him are Haydée Santamaría, Eric Sykes, Ron Flockhart, Antonio Siddi, Leonid Shamkovich, and Herman Chernoff. Among people deceased in 2016, Tom M. Apostol ranks 456. Before him are Gisela May, Alain Decaux, Wiesław Rudkowski, James Joseph Dresnok, Klaus Siebert, and Rafael Iriondo. After him are Alexis Arquette, Stephen Keshi, Luděk Macela, Alv Gjestvang, Dušanka Sifnios, and Alberto Sainz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom M. Apostol ranks 9,467 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Dysart (1929), Peter Tork (1942), Will Yun Lee (1971), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Vitamin C (1972), and Harvey Korman (1927). After him are Pete Wilson (1933), George Moscone (1929), Alexis Arquette (1969), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Roland Burris (1937), and Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Tom M. Apostol ranks 66. Before him are Rudy Rucker (1946), Morris Kline (1908), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Douglas McIlroy (1932), Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), and Marston Morse (1892). After him are Michael Aschbacher (1944), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Kenneth Appel (1932), Adele Goldstine (1920), Herman Chernoff (1923), and Robin Hartshorne (1938).

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