Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
a Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics.
Born
2 February 1903 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died
12 January 1996 (aged 92) Zürich, Switzerland
Known for
Van der Waerden notation Van der Waerden number Van der Waerden's theorem Van der Waerden test Van der Waerden's conjecture
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
University of Amsterdam University of Göttingen
Institutions
University of Leipzig University of Zurich University of Groningen
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Netherlands
Doctoral advisor
Hendrik de Vries
Doctoral students
Wei-Liang Chow David van Dantzig Günther Frei Guerino Mazzola Herbert Seifert
era
1800+