Jan Hogendijk
Jan Pieter Hogendijk is a Dutch mathematician and historian of science. Since 2005, he is professor of history of mathematics at the University of Utrecht.
Hogendijk became a member of the Royal [Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences] in 2010.
Hogendijk has contributed to the study of Greek mathematics and mathematics in [medieval Islam]; he provides a list of Sources on his website.
In 2012, he was awarded the inaugural Otto [Neugebauer Prize] for History of Mathematics, by the European Mathematical Society, "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."
A bibliography 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: 145–58.
- 2008: "The Introduction to Geometry by Qusta ibn Luqa: translation and commentary", Suhayl 8: 163–221.