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Walter Rudin

1921 - 2010

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Walter Rudin (May 2, 1921 – May 20, 2010) was an Austrian-American mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In addition to his contributions to complex and harmonic analysis, Rudin was known for his mathematical analysis textbooks: Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Real and Complex Analysis, and Functional Analysis. Rudin wrote Principles of Mathematical Analysis only two years after obtaining his Ph.D. from Duke University, while he was a C. L. E. Moore Instructor at MIT. Principles, acclaimed for its elegance and clarity, has since become a standard textbook for introductory real analysis courses in the United States. Rudin's analysis textbooks have also been influential in mathematical education worldwide, having been translated into 13 languages, including Russian, Chinese, and Spanish. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Rudin is the 825th most popular mathematician (down from 771st in 2019), the 960th most popular biography from Austria (down from 914th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Austrian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Walter Rudin ranks 825 out of 1,004. Before him are William Feller, Mary Everest Boole, Anatoly Karatsuba, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, William Henry Young, and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. After him are Douglas McIlroy, Hans Rademacher, Ennio de Giorgi, Hellmuth Kneser, Friedrich Engel, and Corrado Segre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Walter Rudin ranks 369. Before him are Denys de La Patellière, Cyrille Adoula, Edmondo Fabbri, Mikayil Abdullayev, Norman Joseph Woodland, and Vera-Ellen. After him are János Pilinszky, Harold Agnew, Lennart Strand, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Eeva-Liisa Manner, and Hal David. Among people deceased in 2010, Walter Rudin ranks 331. Before him are Roy Ward Baker, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Giovanni Pettenella, William B. Lenoir, Joseph Serge Miot, and John Wooden. After him are Pentti Linnosvuo, Edoardo Sanguineti, Avi Cohen, Jiří Havlis, Raúl Belén, and Jyoti Basu.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Walter Rudin ranks 960 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz Antel (1913), Hellmuth Marx (1915), Hans Pesser (1911), Lisette Model (1901), Käthe Leichter (1895), and Eric Wolf (1923). After him are Johannes Hahn (1957), Franz Cisar (1908), Stefan Ruzowitzky (1961), Walter (1987), Eleonore Schwarz (1936), and Eduard Kainberger (1911).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Austria

Among mathematicians born in Austria, Walter Rudin ranks 16. Before him are Simon von Stampfer (1790), Hilda Geiringer (1893), Otto E. Neugebauer (1899), Friedrich Waismann (1896), Helena Rasiowa (1917), and Leopold Vietoris (1891). After him are Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865).

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