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Wilhelm Ackermann

1896 - 1962

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Wilhelm Friedrich Ackermann (; German: [ˈakɐˌman]; 29 March 1896 – 24 December 1962) was a German mathematician and logician best known for his work in mathematical logic and the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Ackermann is the 330th most popular mathematician (down from 308th in 2019), the 2,001st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,028th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 330 out of 1,004. Before him are Edward Waring, Georg Alexander Pick, Emil Artin, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, René-Louis Baire, and Eutocius of Ascalon. After him are Pavel Alexandrov, Eugenio Beltrami, Alfred Korzybski, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Gotthold Eisenstein, and Julius Plücker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 85. Before him are Ville Ritola, Carlos P. Garcia, Agustín Muñoz Grandes, J. Carrol Naish, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, and Rudolf Schmundt. After him are Pavel Alexandrov, Hinrich Lohse, Jorge Alessandri, Jimmy Doolittle, Mir Jafar Baghirov, and Iona Yakir. Among people deceased in 1962, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 59. Before him are Vita Sackville-West, Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg, Lei Feng, Albert Sarraut, Frederick Schule, and Emil Artin. After him are Hans von Salmuth, Louis Raymond, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Trygve Gulbranssen, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, and E. E. Cummings.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 2,002 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Jean Cabanis (1816), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808), and Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200). After him are Isidor Straus (1845), Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772), Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (1825), Johannes Sturm (1507), Michael von Faulhaber (1869), and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Ackermann ranks 35. Before him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Eduard Heine (1821), Edmund Landau (1877), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Michael Stifel (1487), and Hillel Furstenberg (1935). After him are Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Gotthold Eisenstein (1823), Julius Plücker (1801), Felix Bernstein (1878), Andreas Osiander (1498), and Nicholas Mercator (1620).

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