Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman (09 April 1900, Rottevalle, Friesland - 06 May 1968, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician,[1] known best for introducing Kloosterman sums.[2]

After completing his master's degree in Leiden from 1918-1922 he studied in Copenhagen with Harald Bohr and in Oxford with G. H. Hardy. In 1924 he received his PhD in Leiden under supervision of J. C. Kluyver. From 1926 to 1928 he studied in Göttingen and Hamburg, and he was assistant in Münster from 1928-1930. Kloosterman was appointed lector (associate professorship) in Leiden in 1930 and full professor in 1947.[2] In 1950 he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

References

1. ^ staff. Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews Scotland
2. ^ a b Springer,T. A.(2000). Kloosterman's work on representations of finite modular groups, Nieuw Arch. Wiskd. (5) 1 (2) (2000), 126-129.

Further reading

* List of references used by the cited reference from School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews:
o N G de Bruijn, Remembering Kloosterman, Nieuw Arch. Wiskd. (5) 1 (2) (2000), 130-134.
o J P Murre, On the life and work of Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman, Nieuw Arch. Wiskd. (5) 1 (2) (2000), 135-137.
o T A Springer, Kloosterman's work on representations of finite modular groups, Nieuw Arch. Wiskd. (5) 1 (2) (2000), 126-129.
o T A Springer, H D Kloosterman and his work, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (8) (2000), 862-867. (cited in this article)
o H Sterk, Kloosterman centennial celebration (Dutch), Nieuw Arch. Wiskd. (5) 1 (2) (2000), 124-125.
o F van der Blij and N G de Bruijn, In memoriam : H D Kloosterman (1900-1968) (Dutch), Nieuw Arch. Wisk. (3) 16 (1968), 139-147.
* References cited by T A Springer in his paper cited as a reference in this article:
o N. M. KATZ, Gauss Sums, Kloosterman Sums, and Monodromy Groups, Ann. of Math. Studies, vol. 116,Princeton Univ. Press, 1988.
o H. D. KLOOSTERMAN, Over het splitsen van geheele positieve getallen in een