Nicolaas Kuiper
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Nicolaas Hendrik "Nico" Kuiper (kœypəʁ; 28 June 1920, Rotterdam
- 12 December 1994, Utrecht
) was a Dutch
mathematician
, known for Kuiper's test
and proving Kuiper's theorem
. He also contributed to the Nash embedding theorem
.
Kuiper completed his Ph.D.
in differential geometry from the University of Leiden in 1946 under the supervision of Willem van der Woude.
He served as director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
from 1971 to 1985.
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...
- 12 December 1994, Utrecht
Utrecht
Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands.The name may also refer to:* Utrecht , of which Utrecht is the capital* Utrecht , including the city of Utrecht* Bishopric of Utrecht* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht...
) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, known for Kuiper's test
Kuiper's test
Kuiper's test is used in statistics to test that whether a given distribution, or family of distributions, is contradicted by evidence from a sample of data. It is named after Dutch mathematician Nicolaas Kuiper....
and proving Kuiper's theorem
Kuiper's theorem
In mathematics, Kuiper's theorem is a result on the topology of operators on an infinite-dimensional, complex Hilbert space H...
. He also contributed to the Nash embedding theorem
Nash embedding theorem
The Nash embedding theorems , named after John Forbes Nash, state that every Riemannian manifold can be isometrically embedded into some Euclidean space. Isometric means preserving the length of every path...
.
Kuiper completed his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in differential geometry from the University of Leiden in 1946 under the supervision of Willem van der Woude.
He served as director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
The Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques is a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics...
from 1971 to 1985.