David Bierens de Haan (3 May 1822, in

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Biography

Bierens de Haan was a son of the rich merchant Abraham Pieterszoon de Haan (1795–1880) and Catharina Jacoba Bierens (1797–1835). In 1843 he completed a study in the exact sciences and received his

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from the

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in 1847 under Gideon Janus Verdam (1802–1866) for the work ''''. After this he became a teacher of physics and mathematics at a gymnasium in

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. In 1852 he married Johanna Catharina Justina de Schepper (1827–1906) in Deventer. In 1856 he became member of the

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. Since 1866 he was professor of mathematics at

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. Since 1888 he was co-editor of the works of

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and in 1892 edited the ''Algebra'' of Willem Smaasen (1820–1850). He had a large library on mathematics, the history of science and pedagogy, which currently resides at the

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. His most important contribution to mathematics consist of the issuing of a large

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' in 1858 (and 1867). His doctoral students include

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Works

* ''Dissertatio Mathematica inauguralis de lemniscata Bernoulliana.'' Amsterdam 1847
Online
* ''De wiskunde als gedeelte van het onderwijs op gymnasiën.'' 1850 * ''Réduction des intégrales définies générales.'' Amsterdam 1857
Online
* ''Tables d'intégrales définies.'' Amsterdam 1858, Verhandelingen Koninklijke Akademie Wetenschappen, C. G. van der Post
Online
* ''Gronden van de theorie der bepaalde integralen.'' 1858 * ''Over eenige gevallen bij de Theorie van onstadige (Discontinuë) functiën.'' Amsterdam 1858
Online
* ''Mémoire sur une méthode pour deduire quelques intégrales définies.'' 1860
Online
* ''Exposé de la théorie, des propriétés, des formules de transformation et des méthodes d'évaluation des intégrales définies.'' 1860, 1862 * ''Het industrieel onderwijs.'' 1861 * ''Supplément aux tables d'intégrales définies qui forment le tome IV des mémoires de l'académie.'' 1864 861br>Online
* ''Vorderingen in de photographische afbeelding van hemelligchamen.'' 1862 * ''Over de magt van het zoogenaamd onbestaanbare in de wiskunde.'' Deventer 1863
Online
* ''Overzigt van de differentiaalrekening.'' Leiden 1865
Online
* ''G. J. Verdam.'' 1866
Online
* ''Nouvelles tables d'intégrales définies.'' Leiden 1867, P. Engels
Online
* ''Het biljart.'' Leiden 1870
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* ''Feestviering ter eere van het vierhonderd-jarig bestaan der Ludwig ... .'' 1872
Online
* ''Notice sur Meindert Semeyns.'' 1873 * ''Notice sur des tables logarithmiques hollandaises.'' 1874 * ''Over het differentieeren van eenige elliptische integralen.'' 1878 * ''Levensschets van Carel Johannes Matthes.'' 1882 * ''Levensschets van Isaac Paul Delprat.'' 1882 * ''Een aanhangsel tot de tafels van onbepaalde integralen.'' 1883, 2. Bde. * ''Bouwstoffen voor de geschiedenis der wis- en natuurkundige wetenschappen in de Nederlanden.'' 1878–1887, 2. Bde. * ''Bibliographie néerlandaise historique-scientifique des ouvrages importants dont les auteurs sont nés aux 16e, 17e et 18e siècles, sur les sciences mathématiques et physiques avec leurs applications.'' 1883
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* ''Levensbericht van F. J. van den Berg, en lijst zijner geschriften.'' 1895

Notes

References

* D. J. E. Schrek: ''David Bierens de Haan.'' In: ''Scripta Mathematica.'' 21, 1955, , pp. 31–41.

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