Tom Koornwinder
Tom H. Koornwinder (born September 19, 1943 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch mathematician who deals with analysis .
Koornwinder studied at the University of Leiden with a diploma in 1968 and in 1975 at the University of Amsterdam with Hans Lauwerier doctorate (Jacobi polynomials and Their two-variable analogues). From 1968 to 1992 he was at the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam and from 1992 to 2008 Professor of Analysis at the Korteweg-de-Vries Institute at the University of Amsterdam. 1997 to 2003 he was director of the institute.
Among other things, he was visiting scholar at the Mittag-Leffler Institute and the Isaac Newton Institute .
He deals with special functions , Lie groups , quantum groups and computer algebra and the connection between these areas. Special orthogonal polynomials are named after him.
Fonts
- with Richard Askey , W. Schempp (editor): Special Functions: Group Theoretical Aspects and Applications , Reidel 1984
- as editor: Wavelets: An Elementary Treatment of Theory and Applications , World Scientific 1993.
Web links
- Homepage
- Biography, English
- Literature by and about Tom Koornwinder in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Koornwinder in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ^ Koornwinder Askey-Wilson polynomials for root systems of type BC , Contemp. Math. 138, 1992, pp. 189-204
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Koornwinder, Tom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koornwinder, Tom H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |