Diederik Korteweg

Diederik Korteweg
Diederik Johannes Korteweg
Born(1848-03-31)31 March 1848
Died10 May 1941(1941-05-10) (aged 93)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Known forKorteweg–de Vries equation, Moens–Korteweg equation[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
Doctoral advisorJohannes Diderik van der Waals
Doctoral studentsJ. A. Barrau
L. E. J. Brouwer
Gustav de Vries
Gerrit Mannoury
Julius Wolff
Willem Wythoff

Diederik Johannes Korteweg (31 March 1848 – 10 May 1941[2]) was a Dutch mathematician. He is now best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation, together with Gustav de Vries.[3]

  1. ^ Gosling, R.G.; Budge, M.M. (2003), "Terminology for Describing the Elastic Behavior of Arteries", Hypertension, 41 (6): 1180–1182, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.542.5166, doi:10.1161/01.HYP.0000072271.36866.2A, PMID 12756217
  2. ^ "Korteweg and de Vries". kdvi.uva.nl. 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Korteweg summary". Archived from the original on 2010-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-07.