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Tim Cochran

Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (died 2014)

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Born
April 7, 1955
Died
December 16, 2014
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1955

About Tim Cochran

Thomas "Tim" Daniel Cochran was a professor of mathematics at Rice University specializing in topology, especially low-dimensional topology, the theory of knots and links and associated algebra. Tim Cochran was a valedictorian for the Severna Park High School Class of 1973. Cochran, Tim D. (1985). "Geometric invariants of link cobordism". Cochran, Tim D. (1990). "Derivatives of links: Massey products and Milnor's concordance invariants".

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Tim Cochran timeline

  1. Tim Cochran was a valedictorian for the Severna Park High School Class of 1973.
  2. Cochran, Tim D. (1985). "Geometric invariants of link cobordism".
  3. Cochran, Tim D. (1990). "Derivatives of links: Massey products and Milnor's concordance invariants".

The world when Tim Cochran was born

Tim Cochran was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Tim Cochran's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

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