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Julius Wolff (mathematician)
Julius Wolff (18 April 1882 – 8 February 1945) was a Dutch people, Dutch mathematician, known for the Denjoy–Wolff theorem and for his boundary version of the Schwarz lemma. He perished in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, shortly before the camp was liberated. Wolff studied mathematics and physics at the University of Amsterdam, where he earned his doctorate in 1908 under Diederik Korteweg, Korteweg with thesis ''Dynamen, beschouwd als duale vectoren''. From 1907 to 1917 he taught at secondary and grammar schools in Meppel, Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg, and Amsterdam. In 1917 Wolff was appointed Professor of differential calculus, theory of functions and higher algebra at the University of Groningen and in 1922 at the University of Utrecht. He was also a statistical advisor for the life insurance company (or co-operative distributive society) "Eigen Hulp," (a predecessor of Aegon N.V., AEGON) with offices at The Hague. Publications * * * * Gallery Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nijmegen
Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 60 km south east of Utrecht and 50 km north east of Eindhoven. Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands, the second to be recognized as such in Roman times, and in 2005 celebrated 2,000 years of existence. Nijmegen became a free imperial city in 1230 and in 1402 a Hanseatic city. Since 1923 it has been a university city with the opening of a Catholic institution now known as the Radboud University Nijmegen. The city is well known for the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen event. Its population in 2022 was 179,000; the municipality is part of the Arnhem–Nijmegen metropolitan area, with 736,107 inhabitants in 2011. Population centres The municipality is formed by the city of Nijmegen, incorporating the former villages o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
