Hendrik Wolter (Henk) Broer (born 18 February 1950,

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) is a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. He was professor at the University of Groningen between 1981 and 2015.

Biography

Broer was granted a doctorate in the faculty of mathematics and natural sciences in 1979 under the supervision of Floris Takens for a thesis entitled ''Bifurcations of singularities in volume preserving vector fields. ''He was a professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, from 1981 till his retirement in 2015. In 1985 he spent a semester as a guest professor of Boston University, Massachusetts. He is a long term member of the

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, serving as chairman from 2007 to 2009.

Awards and honors

In 2008 Broer became a member of the

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and in 2015 he was made a

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Books

* 1991. With F. Dumortier, S.J. van Strien and F.Takens. ''Structures in dynamics: finite dimensional deterministic studies.'' Studies in Mathematical Physics 2 North Holland * 1995. With J. van de Craats and F. Verhulst. ''Chaostheorie - Het einde van de voorspelbaarheid?'' Epsilon Uitgaven 35 F.Takens, ''Dynamical Systems and Chaos.'' Epsilon Uitgaven 64; Appl. Math. Sciences 172, Springer-Verlag * 2013. ''Hemelverschijnselen nabij de horizon, naar Marcel Minnaert">Minnaert en Wegener, Bernoulli en Hamilton.'' Epsilon Uitgaven 77 *2016. ''Near the horizon: an invitation to geometric optics.'' The Carus Mathematical Monographs 33 MAA

Edited books

* 1990. With F. Verhulst. ''Dynamische systemen en chaos: een revolutie vanuit de wiskunde.'' Epsilon Uitgaven 14 * 2001. With B. Krauskopf and G. Vegter. ''Global Analysis of Dynamical Systems. Festschrift dedicated to Floris Takens for his 60th birthday.'' Institute of Physics Publishing * 2005. With F. Dumortier, J. Mawhin, A. Vanderbauwhede and S.M. Verduyn Lunel. ''Equadiff'' 2003. Proceedings International Conference on Differential Equations, Hasselt 2003. World Scientific * 2010. With B. Hasselblatt and F. Takens. ''Handbook of Dynamical Systems.'' Volume 3. North Holland

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Broer, Hendrik Wolter 1950 births Living people Dutch mathematicians Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Academic staff of the University of Groningen University of Groningen alumni