Johannes de Groot

Johannes de Groot
Born(1914-05-07)7 May 1914
Died11 September 1972(1972-09-11) (aged 58)
Alma materRijksuniversiteit Groningen
Known forDe Groot dual
Supercompact space
Scientific career
FieldsTopology
InstitutionsCentrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Delft University of Technology, University of Amsterdam
Doctoral advisorGerrit Schaake

Johannes de Groot (7 May 1914 – 11 September 1972) was a Dutch mathematician, the leading Dutch topologist for more than two decades following World War II.[1]

  1. ^ Koetsier, Teun; van Mill, Jan (2001), "General topology, in particular dimension theory, in the Netherlands: the decisive influence of Brouwer's intuitionism", in Aull, Charles E.; Lowen, Robert (eds.), Handbook of the History of General Topology, Springer-Verlag, pp. 135–180, ISBN 0-7923-4479-0.