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and two years as a part-time professor, in 1950, Van der Waerden filled the chair in mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. In 1951, he moved to the
942: 606: 307:, still cited, and perhaps the first treatise to treat the subject as a comprehensive whole. This work systematized an ample body of research by 393: 907: 812: 947: 872: 937: 927: 791: 361:. However, he was critical of the Nazis and refused to give up his Dutch nationality, both of which led to difficulties for him. 877: 757: 733: 922: 902: 136: 584: 47: 517: 132: 724: 610: 857: 554: 522: 374: 124: 786: 140: 897: 267: 106: 796: 507: 378: 116: 291: 263: 175: 102: 512: 451: 369:
Following the war, Van der Waerden was repatriated to the Netherlands rather than returning to
246: 120: 770: 435: 353:, Van der Waerden remained at Leipzig, and passed up opportunities to leave Nazi Germany for 324: 167: 892: 887: 882: 527: 386: 382: 354: 171: 128: 8: 782: 482: 455: 415: 358: 283: 753: 729: 486: 450:(he and Heisenberg had been colleagues at Leipzig). In later years, he turned to the 447: 201: 398: 824: 804: 719: 702: 698: 671: 640: 411: 316: 304: 182: 828: 490: 346: 299: 217: 213: 205: 209: 750: 738: 237: 197: 866: 624: 431: 423: 331: 312: 242: 853: 689:
Winter, David J. (1988). "A History of Algebra . By B. L. van der Waerden".
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in 1928. In that year, at the age of 25, he accepted a professorship at the
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edited with a 59-page historical introduction by B. L. van der Waerden".
439: 157: 377:'s opposition to Hilbert's school of mathematics. After a year visiting 494: 443: 320: 22: 675: 71: 805:"Interview with Bartel Leendert van Der Waerden (conducted in 1993)" 90: 644: 427: 419: 385:, where he spent the rest of his career, supervising more than 40 370: 323:. In the following year, 1931, he was appointed professor at the 279: 26: 913:
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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by B. L. Van der Waerden, translated by Arnold Dresden".
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The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden
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Van der Waerden is mainly remembered for his work on
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In July 1929 he married the sister of mathematician
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Van der Waerden learned advanced mathematics at the
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Amsterdam awarded him a Ph.D. for a thesis on 802: 918:Recipients of the Pour le MĂ©rite (civil class) 623: 485:, most of them through three of his students, 394:Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 392:In 1949, Van der Waerden became member of the 933:Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam 585:"Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903–1996)" 472:Geometry and Algebra in Ancient Civilizations 462:(1950), which was translated into English as 257: 813:Notices of the American Mathematical Society 769:Schlote, K.-H., 2005, "Moderne Algebra" in 943:Academic staff of the University of Zurich 46: 775:Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 303:, an influential two-volume treatise on 792:MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive 865: 803:Dold-Samplonius, Yvonne (March 1997). 688: 546: 544: 236: 908:Academic staff of Leipzig University 658:Weber, Robert L. (1968). "Review of 541: 13: 763: 458:. His historical writings include 14: 959: 948:Recipients of the Cothenius Medal 873:20th-century Dutch mathematicians 847: 787:"Bartel Leendert van der Waerden" 691:The American Mathematical Monthly 607:"Bartel Leendert van der Waerden" 364: 829:"Review: B. L. van der Waerden, 405: 854:Bartel Leendert van der Waerden 551:Bartel Leendert van der Waerden 337: 230:Bartel Leendert van der Waerden 40:Bartel Leendert van der Waerden 16:Dutch mathematician (1903–1996) 938:University of Göttingen alumni 928:University of Amsterdam alumni 725:The Mathematical Coloring Book 703:10.1080/00029890.1988.11972088 682: 651: 617: 599: 577: 568: 559: 481:Van der Waerden has over 1000 1: 878:20th-century Dutch historians 858:Mathematics Genealogy Project 713: 555:Mathematics Genealogy Project 660:Sources of Quantum Mechanics 627:(December 1955). "Review of 518:Van der Waerden's conjecture 468:Sources of Quantum Mechanics 252: 133:Van der Waerden's conjecture 7: 500: 10: 964: 258:Education and early career 238:[vɑndərˈʋaːrdə(n)] 20: 923:Scientists from Amsterdam 903:Historians of mathematics 523:Van der Waerden's theorem 223: 193: 181: 163: 153: 146: 125:Van der Waerden's theorem 112: 98: 79: 57: 45: 38: 797:University of St Andrews 745:Alexander Soifer (2015) 534: 508:Van der Waerden notation 489:(Ph.D. Groningen 1931), 379:Johns Hopkins University 247:historian of mathematics 117:Van der Waerden notation 292:University of Groningen 268:University of Göttingen 264:University of Amsterdam 176:University of Groningen 137:Van der Waerden symbols 107:University of Göttingen 103:University of Amsterdam 52:van der Waerden in 1980 837:Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 513:Van der Waerden number 452:history of mathematics 121:Van der Waerden number 460:Ontwakende wetenschap 325:University of Leipzig 168:University of Leipzig 783:Robertson, Edmund F. 771:Grattan-Guinness, I. 574:Soifer, pp. 418–474. 565:Soifer, pp. 393–417. 528:Van der Waerden test 483:academic descendants 476:A History of Algebra 383:University of Zurich 172:University of Zurich 141:Van der Waerden game 129:Van der Waerden test 781:O'Connor, John J.; 777:. Elsevier: 901–16. 414:. 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Dutch name
surname

Amsterdam
ZĂŒrich
University of Amsterdam
University of Göttingen
Van der Waerden notation
Van der Waerden number
Van der Waerden's theorem
Van der Waerden test
Van der Waerden's conjecture
Van der Waerden symbols
Van der Waerden game
Mathematics
University of Leipzig
University of Zurich
University of Groningen
Doctoral advisor
Hendrik de Vries
Wei-Liang Chow
David van Dantzig
Jan van Deemter
GĂŒnther Frei
Guerino Mazzola
Herbert Seifert
[vɑndərˈʋaːrdə(n)]
mathematician
historian of mathematics
University of Amsterdam

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