Hendrik Kloosterman

Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman (9 April 1900 – 6 May 1968) was a Dutch mathematician, known for his work in number theory (in particular, for introducing Kloosterman sums) and in representation theory.[1][2]

Hendrik Kloosterman
Born(1900-04-09)9 April 1900
Rottevalle, Friesland
Died6 May 1968(1968-05-06) (aged 68)
Leiden
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversiteit Leiden
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversiteit Leiden
Doctoral advisorJan Cornelis Kluyver
Doctoral studentsJacob Korevaar
T. A. Springer
Jaap Murre
Fred van der Blij

After completing his master's degree at Leiden University from 1918–1922 he studied at the University of Copenhagen with Harald Bohr and the University of Oxford with G. H. Hardy. In 1924 he received his Ph.D. in Leiden under supervision of J. C. Kluyver. From 1926 to 1928 he studied at the universities of Göttingen and Hamburg, and he was assistant at the University of Münster from 1928-1930. Kloosterman was appointed lector (associate professorship) at Leiden University in 1930 and full professor in 1947. In 1950 he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2][3]

References
  1. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
  2. Springer, T. A. (2000). "H. D. Kloosterman and his work". Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 47 (8): 862–867. MR 1776104.
  3. "Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman (1900 - 1968)" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2015.


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