Johannes Theodorus Runnenburg (19 February 1932 – 16 April 2008) was 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 professor of probability theory and analysis at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

from 1962 to 1997.

Biography

Born in Amsterdam he received his MA in Mathematics in 1956 at the

, and his PhD cum laude in Mathematics and Physics in 1960 with a thesis entitled "On the Use of Markov Processes in One-server Waiting-time Problems and Renewal Theory" advised by

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn Nicolaas Govert "Dick" de Bruijn (; 9 July 1918 – 17 February 2012) was a Dutch mathematician, noted for his many contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics and logic.

.. Runnenburg was appointed Lector in

Probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...

and analysis at the University of Amsterdam in 1961. In 1962, he was promoted to Professor of Probability theory and analysis, and from 1966 to his retirement in 1997 was Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics.Prof. dr. J.T. Runnenburg, 1932 – 2008
– on albumacademicum.uva.nl, 2013. Among his doctorate students were

Gijsbert de Leve Gijsbert "Gijs" de Leve (15 August 1926 – 19 November 2009) was a Dutch mathematician and operations researcher, known for his work on Markov decision process. Gijs de Leve is considered the founder of operations research in the Netherlands. ...

(1964), Laurens de Haan (1970), Fred Steutel (1971), Wim Vervaat (1972), August Balkema (1973), Frits Göbel (1974), Arie Hordijk (1974), Aegle Hoekstra (1983), Peter de Jong (1988) and Leo Klein Haneveld (1996).

Publications

* ''Machines Served by a Patrolling Operator''. 1957 * ''On the use of Markov processes in one-server waiting-time problems and renewal theory''. 1960 * ''Enige voorbeelden van stochastische processen: openbare les Universiteit van Amsterdam.'' 1961. * ''An Example Illustrating the Possibilities of Renewal Theory and Waiting-time Theory for Markov-dependent Arrival-intervals''. 1961 * ''On K.L. Chung's problem of imbedding a time-discrete Markov chain in a time-continuous one for finitely many states''. With Carel Louis Scheffer. Amsterdam : Mathematisch Centrum, 1962.

References

External links

Prof. dr. J.T. Runnenburg, 1932–2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Runnenburg, Johannes Theodorus 1932 births 2008 deaths Dutch mathematicians Scientists from Amsterdam University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam