Summary
Jacobus Hendricus ("Jack") van Lint (1 September 1932 – 28 September 2004) was a Dutch mathematician, professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology, of which he was rector magnificus from 1991 till 1996.
Jack van Lint | |
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| Born | 1 September 1932 |
| Died | 28 September 2004 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Known for | Berlekamp–Van Lint–Seidel graph |
| Awards | Euler Medal (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Fred van der Blij |
He gained his Ph.D. from Utrecht University in 1957 under the supervision of Fred van der Blij.[1] He was professor of mathematics at Eindhoven University of Technology from 1959 to 1997.
He was appointed a full professor at Eindhoven University of Technology at the age of 26 years. His field of research was initially number theory, but he worked mainly in combinatorics and coding theory.[2]
Van Lint was honored with a great number of awards. He became a member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972,[3] received four honorary doctorates, was an honorary member of the Royal Netherlands Mathematics Society (Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap), and received a Knighthood.
Books edit
- Coding Theory, 1971.
- Combinatorial Theory Seminar Eindhoven University of Technology, 1974[4]
- Introduction to Coding Theory, Springer, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 1982, 3rd. edition 1999.
- with Peter Cameron: Designs, Graphs, Codes and their Links, London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes, Cambridge University Press, 1980.
- with Richard M. Wilson: A Course in Combinatorics, Cambridge University Press, 1992. Van Lint, J. H.; Wilson, R. M. (2001). 2nd edition. ISBN 9781139430630.
- with Gerard van der Geer: Introduction to Coding theory and Algebraic Geometry, Birkhäuser, 1988.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ J. H. van Lint at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ B. van Asch, A. Blokhuis, H. Hollmann, W. Kantor, H. van Tilborg, Jack van Lint (1932-2004): A survey of his scientific work, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, 113 (2006), 1594-1613
- ^ "Jacob Hendricus van Lint (1932 - 2004)" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ Wilf, Herbert S. (1975). "Review of Algebraic graph theory by Norman Biggs and Combinatorial theory seminar by Jacobus H. van Lint" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 81 (3): 536–538. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1975-13731-1.
External links edit
- Personal web site
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Jacobus Hendricus van Lint", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews