Marc Voorhoeve (5 April 1950,
Amsterdam
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– 7 October 2011,
Eindhoven
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) was a Dutch mathematician who introduced the
Voorhoeve index In mathematics, the Voorhoeve index is a non-negative real number associated with certain functions on the complex numbers, named after Marc Voorhoeve. It may be used to extend Rolle's theorem from real functions to complex functions, taking the r ...
of a
complex function
Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathematics, including algebraic g ...
in 1976.
Career
Marc studied at the
University of Leiden
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest university in the Neth ...
where he wrote a thesis on
exponential polynomial
In mathematics, exponential polynomials are functions on fields, rings, or abelian groups that take the form of polynomials in a variable and an exponential function.
Definition In fields
An exponential polynomial generally has both a variabl ...
s.
The Voorhoeve index is a result from this work.
He then worked at
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
The (abbr. CWI; English: "National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science") is a research centre in the field of mathematics and theoretical computer science. It is part of the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Cou ...
and at ''Philips Data Systems'',
a division of
Philips
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that manufactured minicomputers.
From 1985 to 2011, he was assistant professor in
Kees van Hee's group at
Eindhoven University of Technology
The Eindhoven University of Technology (), Abbreviation, abbr. TU/e, is a public university, public technical university in the Netherlands, situated in Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its Bachelor of Science, BS ...
, which specialized in
business process modeling
Business process modeling (BPM) is the action of capturing and representing business processes, processes of an enterprise (i.e. modeling them), so that the current business processes may be analyzed, applied securely and consistently, improved, ...
techniques based on sound mathematical principles, in particular
Petri net
A Petri net, also known as a place/transition net (PT net), is one of several mathematical modeling languages for the description of distributed systems. It is a class of discrete event dynamic system. A Petri net is a directed bipartite graph t ...
s and
process algebra
In computer science, the process calculi (or process algebras) are a diverse family of related approaches for formally modelling concurrent systems. Process calculi provide a tool for the high-level description of interactions, communications, and ...
.
[, link from ]University of Augsburg
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The University of Augsburg is a relatively young campus university with a ...
Publications
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See also
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Petersen's theorem
References
External links
Home page at TU/e*
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1950 births
2011 deaths
20th-century Dutch mathematicians
21st-century Dutch mathematicians
Leiden University alumni
Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology
Scientists from Amsterdam