Frederik Schuh (7 February 1875,

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– 6 January 1966,

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) was a Dutch mathematician.

Career

He completed his PhD in algebraic geometry from Amsterdam University in 1905, where his advisor was Diederik Johannes Korteweg. He taught at the Technische Hoogeschool at Delft (1907–1909 and 1916–1945) and at Groningen (1909–1916).

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Works

He was the inventor of the

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game and wrote ''The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations'' (1943).

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Mathematics Genealogy
1875 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Dutch mathematicians Game theorists Scientists from Amsterdam University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology Academic staff of the University of Groningen {{mathematician-stub