Bartel Leendert van der Waerden | |
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 van der Waerden in 1980 | |
| Born | 2 February 1903 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 12 January 1996 (aged 92) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Van der Waerden notation Van der Waerden number Van der Waerden's theorem Van der Waerden test Van der Waerden's conjecture Van der Waerden symbols Van der Waerden game |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Leipzig University of Zurich University of Groningen |
| Doctoral advisor | Hendrik de Vries |
| Doctoral students | Wei-Liang Chow David van Dantzig Jan van Deemter Günther Frei Guerino Mazzola Herbert Seifert |
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (Dutch: [ˈbɑrtə(l) ˈleːndərt fɑn dər ˈʋaːrdə(n)]; 2 February 1903 – 12 January 1996) was a Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics.