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Nationality
  
Dutch

Name
  
Johannes Kemperman

Doctoral students
  
Leonard Mirman

Died
  
June 13, 2011

Fields
  
Mathematics, Statistics


Born
  
July 16, 1924 Amsterdam (
1924-07-16
)

Institutions
  
University of Rochester Purdue University Rutgers University

Institution
  
University of Rochester, Purdue University, Rutgers University

Doctoral advisor
  
David van Dantzig

Alma mater
  
University of Amsterdam

Johannes Henricus Bernardus Kemperman (July 16, 1924 – June 13, 2011) was a Dutch mathematician. He taught at the University of Rochester for 25 years, and also worked at Purdue University and Rutgers University for ten years, each.

Born in Amsterdam, he received his education from the University of Amsterdam.

Selected publications

  • Kemperman, J. H. B. (1969). "On the optimum rate of transmitting information". Probability and Information Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics. 89. pp. 126–169. ISBN 978-3-540-04608-0. doi:10.1007/BFb0079123. 
  • Kemperman, J. H. B. (1963). "A Wiener–Hopf Type Method for a General Random Walk with a Two-Sided Boundary". Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 34 (4): 1168–1193. JSTOR 2238330. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177703855. 
  • Kemperman, J. H. B. (1960). "On small sumsets in an abelian group". Acta Mathematica. 103 (1–2): 63–88. doi:10.1007/BF02546525. 

    • References

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