Jacobus Hendricus ("Jack") van Lint (1 September 1932 – 28 September 2004) was a Dutch mathematician,

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at the

Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc ...

, of which he was

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from 1991 till 1996. He gained his Ph.D. from

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollm ...

in 1957 under the supervision of

Fred van der Blij Frederik van der Blij (13 May 1923, Leiden – 27 January 2018, Heino, Netherlands) was a Dutch mathematician. From 1955 until his retirement in 1988 he was professor at the University of Utrecht. His research focused on number theory Numbe ...

. He was professor of mathematics at

from 1959 to 1997. He was appointed a full professor at

at the age of 26 years. His field of research was initially

number theory Number theory (or arithmetic or higher arithmetic in older usage) is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and integer-valued functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) said, "Math ...

, but he worked mainly in

combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many a ...

and

coding theory Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are stud ...

. Van Lint was honored with a great number of awards. He became a member of

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in 1972, received four honorary doctorates, was an honorary member of the Royal Netherlands Mathematics Society (Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap), and received a

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Books

* ''Coding Theory'', 1971.
''Combinatorial Theory Seminar Eindhoven University of Technology''
1974 * ''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

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: ''A Course in Combinatorics'', Cambridge University Press, 1992. * with

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: ''Introduction to Coding theory and Algebraic Geometry'', Birkhäuser, 1988.

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Personal web site
* 1932 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Dutch mathematicians Combinatorialists Eindhoven University of Technology faculty Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Rectores Magnifici of the Eindhoven University of Technology People from Bandung {{Europe-mathematician-stub

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