Edouard Zeckendorf
Edouard Zeckendorf (born May 2, 1901 in Liège , Belgium , † May 16, 1983 ibid) was a Belgian amateur mathematician.
Zeckendorf was a general practitioner , became an officer in the Belgian army in 1925 and specialized as a dentist after his military service. After the surrender of the Belgian army in 1940, he was taken prisoner by Germany until 1945 . After 1945 he published several writings based on elementary number theory in the Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège .
Although ticks village just a amateur mathematician , was the place theorem Zeckendorf ( Zeckendorf theorem ) general application.
See also
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Edouard Zeckendorf. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeckendorf, Edouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian amateur mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1983 |
| Place of death | Liege , Belgium |