Prof. dr. Jan Brinkhuis is Associate Professor of Finance and Mathematical Methods and Techniques at the Econometric Institute of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

. He obtained his PhD in 1981 with the disseration "Embedding

Embedding

In mathematics, an embedding is one instance of some mathematical structure contained within another instance, such as a group that is a subgroup....

 Problems and Galois Modules". In mathematical optimization, he and Vladimir Tikhomirov wrote 'Optimization: Insights and Applications'.

Books

Optimization: Insights and Applications, Jan Brinkhuis and Vladimir Tikhomirov: 2005, Princeton University Press