Jan Pieter Hogendijk (born 21 July 1955) is a Dutch

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and

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. Since 2005, he is professor of history of mathematics at the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

. Hogendijk became a member of the

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in 2010. Hogendijk has contributed to the study of

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and

mathematics in medieval Islam Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built on Greek mathematics (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius of Perga, Apollonius) and Indian mathematics (Aryabhata, Brahmagupta). Important progress wa ...

; he provides a list of Sources on his website (below). In 2012, he was awarded the inaugural Otto Neugebauer Prize for History of Mathematics, by the

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, "for having illuminated how Greek mathematics was absorbed in the medieval Arabic world, how mathematics developed in medieval Islam, and how it was eventually transmitted to Europe."EMS Prizes 2012
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of Hogendijk's publications is included in his website.

Selected works

* * * * * 1994: "B.L. van der Waerden's detective work in ancient and medieval mathematical astronomy", ''Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde'' Vierde Serie 12(3): 145–58. * * 2008: "The Introduction to Geometry by Qusta ibn Luqa: translation and commentary", ''Suhayl'' 8: 163–221.

References

External links

Personal website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogendijk, Jan 1955 births Living people 20th-century Dutch historians 20th-century Dutch mathematicians 21st-century Dutch mathematicians Utrecht University alumni Academic staff of Heidelberg University Academic staff of Utrecht University Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Leeuwarden 21st-century Dutch historians