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Jacobus Verhoeff

Summary

Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff (20 February 1927 – 19 March 2018)[3] was a Dutch mathematician, computer scientist, and artist. He is known for his work on error detection and correction, and on information retrieval.[4] He has also held exhibitions of his mathematically inspired sculptures.

Jacobus "Koos" Verhoeff
Born(1927-02-20)February 20, 1927
The Hague[2]
DiedMarch 19, 2018(2018-03-19) (aged 91)
Veldhoven, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Amsterdam
Known forError detecting codes, Mathematical art
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Computer science
InstitutionsDelft University of Technology, Philips, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Thesis Error Detecting Decimal Codes[1]  (1969)
Doctoral advisorAdriaan van Wijngaarden, Wouter Peremans

He is best known for his check-digit Verhoeff algorithm, which is based on the dihedral group of order 10.

His son, Tom Verhoeff, is a mathematician and computer scientist.

Selected publications edit

  • Verhoeff, J. (1977). "A New Data Compression Technique". Annals of Systems Research. Vol. 6. Springer US. pp. 139–148. doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-4074-4_8. ISBN 978-90-207-0731-1.
  • Verhoeff, Jacobus (1969). Error detecting decimal codes (Ph.D.). Mathematical Centre, Amsterdam.
  • Verhoeff, J. (April 1970). "Wiskundige aspecten van het Nederlandse administratienummer voor personen (Mathematical aspects of the Dutch administration number for persons)". Informatie, Maandblad voor Informatieverwerking (in Dutch). 12 (4): 162–169.
  • Verhoeff, Jacobus; Goffman, W; Belzer, Jack (1961). "Inefficiency of the use of boolean functions for information retrieval systems". Communications of the ACM. 4 (12). Association for Computing Machinery: 557–558. doi:10.1145/366853.366861. S2CID 10188422.
  • Verhoeff, J. (1953). "Recent investigations about the radical of a ring". Rapport ZW. 1953–007. Math. Centrum Amsterdam.
  • Verhoeff, J. "On pseudo-convergent sequences". Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. Proc. Ser. A, (Indagationes Math.). 15 (401–404).

References edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koos Verhoeff.
  1. ^ "Jacobus Verhoeff - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
  2. ^ J. Verhoeff at the UvA Album Academicum website.
  3. ^ Schoonen, Rob (2018-03-22). "Wiskundige en wiskunstenaar Koos Verhoeff overleden (1927-2018)". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  4. ^ "Feature Column from the AMS".