Andries Brouwer | |
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Born | 1951 |
Citizenship | Netherlands |
Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit |
Known for | Brouwer's conjecture Brouwer–Haemers graph Hack |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | CWI, TU/e |
Doctoral advisor | Maarten Maurice, Pieter Baayen |
Andries Evert Brouwer (born 1951) is a Dutch mathematician and computer programmer, Professor Emeritus at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He is known as the creator of the greatly expanded 1984 to 1985 versions of the roguelike computer game Hack that formed the basis for NetHack.[1] He is also a Linux kernel hacker. He is sometimes referred to by the handle aeb.