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Diederik Korteweg

1848 - 1941

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Diederik Johannes Korteweg (31 March 1848 – 10 May 1941) was a Dutch mathematician. He is now best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation, together with Gustav de Vries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diederik Korteweg is the 869th most popular mathematician (down from 599th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 615th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Dutch Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Diederik Korteweg ranks 869 out of 1,004. Before him are Cédric Villani, Raoul Bott, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Marston Morse, Cornelius Lanczos, and Roger Apéry. After him are Shinichi Mochizuki, Suzan Kahramaner, Tom M. Apostol, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Walther von Dyck, and Michael Aschbacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Diederik Korteweg ranks 110. Before him are Bernard Bosanquet, George Romanes, Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Amos Burn, Eliodoro Villazón, and Matthew Webb. After him are Surendranath Banerjee, Joel Chandler Harris, Albert Parsons, W. G. Grace, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, and Ivan Yakovlev. Among people deceased in 1941, Diederik Korteweg ranks 194. Before him are Élie Blanchard, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, John Stanley Plaskett, Matt McGrath, Kei Okami, and Helmut Hamann. After him are Ibrahim Tuqan, Simon Guggenheim, Cecilio Báez, Hamilton Harty, Franz von Werra, and Ira Davenport.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Diederik Korteweg ranks 884 out of 1,646. Before him are Ria Stalman (1951), Joan Röell (1844), Els Borst (1932), Euclid Tsakalotos (1960), Erik Hartsuiker (1940), and Rob Witschge (1966). After him are Sylvia Hoeks (1983), André Ooijer (1974), Bart Berman (1938), Christijan Albers (1979), Jan Pijnenburg (1906), and Afrojack (1987).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Netherlands

Among mathematicians born in Netherlands, Diederik Korteweg ranks 14. Before him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856), Hendrik C. van de Hulst (1918), Willem 's Gravesande (1688), Arend Heyting (1898), Jacobus Golius (1596), and Gustav de Vries (1866). After him are Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918).

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