Jan Pieter Hogendijk (born 21 July 1955) is a Dutch

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

and historian of science. Since 2005, he is professor of history of mathematics at the University of Utrecht. Hogendijk became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. Hogendijk has contributed to the study of

Greek mathematics Ancient Greek mathematics refers to the history of mathematical ideas and texts in Ancient Greece during Classical antiquity, classical and late antiquity, mostly from the 5th century BC to the 6th century AD. Greek mathematicians lived in cities ...

and

mathematics in medieval Islam Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built upon syntheses of Greek mathematics (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius) and Indian mathematics (Aryabhata, Brahmagupta). Important developments o ...

; he provides a list of Sources on his website (below). In 2012, he was awarded the inaugural Otto Neugebauer Prize for History of Mathematics, by the

European Mathematical Society The European Mathematical Society (EMS) is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians. The curren ...

, "for having illuminated how Greek mathematics was absorbed in the medieval Arabic world, how mathematics developed in medieval Islam, and how it was eventually transmitted to Europe."EMS Prizes 2012
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bibliography Bibliography (from and ), as a discipline, is traditionally the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology (from ). English author and bibliographer John Carter describes ''bibliograph ...

of Hogendijk's publications is included in his website.

Selected works

* * * * * 1994: "B.L. van der Waerden's detective work in ancient and medieval mathematical astronomy", ''Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde'' Vierde Serie 12(3): 145–58. * * 2008: "The Introduction to Geometry by Qusta ibn Luqa: translation and commentary", ''Suhayl'' 8: 163–221.

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External links

Personal website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogendijk, Jan 1955 births Living people 20th-century Dutch historians 20th-century Dutch mathematicians 21st-century Dutch mathematicians Utrecht University alumni Academic staff of Heidelberg University Academic staff of Utrecht University Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Leeuwarden 21st-century Dutch historians