Eric van Douwen

Eric Karel van Douwen (April 25 1946 in Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands – July 28 1987 in Athens, Ohio, USA) was a Dutch mathematician specializing in set-theoretic topology.

He received his Ph.D. in 1975 from Vrije Universiteit under the supervision of Maarten Maurice and Johannes Aarts, both of whom were in turn students of Johannes De Groot.MathGenealogy|id=48498]

References

External links

* [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/0papers/van_douwen_eric_k.html Eric van Douwen's papers] Includes a short bio. From Scott Williams's pages at SUNY Buffalo
* cite web
last = van Douwen
first = Eric K.
coauthors = Jan van Mill (ed.)
title = Open problems in van Douwen's papers
work = Collected Papers Vol. I, II
publisher = North-Holland (Elsevier)
url = http://at.yorku.ca/i/a/a/i/34.htm
accessdate = 2007-06-08

Persondata
NAME = van Douwen, Eric Karel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH = April 25 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH = Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH = July 28 1987
PLACE OF DEATH = Athens, Ohio