Jacob Korevaar

Jacob Korevaar
Born (1923-01-25) 25 January 1923 (age 101)
Lange Ruige Weide
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
RelativesNijs Korevaar (brother)
AwardsChauvenet Prize (1989)
Lester R. Ford Award (1987)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
University of California San Diego
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Doctoral advisorHendrik Kloosterman

Jacob "Jaap" Korevaar (born 25 January 1923) is a Dutch mathematician. He was part of the faculty of the University of California San Diego and University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as the University of Amsterdam (Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics).

Korevaar became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1975.[1] He won the 1987 Lester R. Ford Award, and the 1989 Chauvenet Prize, for an essay on Louis de Branges de Bourcia's proof of the Bieberbach conjecture.[2] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]

Korevaar is the older brother of the Olympic water polo player Nijs Korevaar.[1] He turned 100 on 25 January 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Jaap Korevaar". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ^ Ludwig Bieberbach's Conjecture and Its Proof by Louis de Branges, American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 93, 1986, pp. 505–514 online text
  3. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-07-07.
  4. ^ "Bussumer en wiskundige Jacob Korevaar blaast honderd kaarsjes uit". BussumsNieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2023.