Andries Brouwer

Andries Brouwer
Born1951
Citizenship Netherlands
Alma materVrije Universiteit
Known forBrouwer's conjecture
Brouwer–Haemers graph
Hack
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsCWI, TU/e
Doctoral advisorMaarten 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.

  1. ^ Au, Wagner James (2000-01-26). "The best game ever". Salon. Archived from the original on 2008-01-13.