Nationality Dutch Fields Mathematics | Alma mater Leiden University Name Jacob Korevaar | |
Born 25 January 1923 (age 101) ( 1923-01-25 ) Institutions University of Amsterdam
University of California, San Diego
University of Wisconsin–Madison Doctoral students Charles Chui
Gerald Hedstrom
Jan Wiegerinck Notable awards Chauvenet Prize (1989)
Lester R. Ford Award (1987) Institution University of Amsterdam, University of California, San Diego, University of Wisconsin-Madison Books Tauberian Theory: A Century o, Mathematical Methods: Linear al, Mathematical Methods: Linear Al, Mathematical Methods | ||
Doctoral advisor Hendrik Kloosterman | ||
Jacob "Jaap" Korevaar (born 25 January 1923, Lange Ruige Weide) 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.
Korevaar became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1975. 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. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Korevaar is the older brother of the Olympic water polo player Nijs Korevaar.[1]
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