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In 1986 the Mathematical Institute established a visiting professorship in mathematics, for two months a year, called the Kloosterman Chair.

Hendrik Douwe Kloosterman was born on April 9, 1900. After studying in Leiden, Copenhagen, Oxford, Göttingen and Hamburg, he was appointed "lector" in Leiden in 1930 and full professor in 1947. He died on May 6, 1968. He is mostly known for his work in analytic number theory on what we now call "Kloosterman sums".

Details on the life and work of Professor Kloosterman are available from a lecture of Professor Murre, a former student of Kloosterman, on the occasion of the appointment of the first Kloosterman Chair, Professor M. Artin.

A Kloosterman Centennial Celebration took place in Leiden on April 7, 2000.

A majority of the publications by Kloosterman, as well as articles about Kloosterman and the Kloosterman Centennial can be found here in pdf format.

Kloosterman Professors

• 2013 X. Chaoping, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  - host: R.J.F. Cramer
• 2012 A. Bovier, Institut fuer Angewandte Mathematik, Universitaet Bonn, Duitsland
  - host: W.Th.F. den Hollander
• 2011 J.-L. Colliot-Thélène, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Université de Paris-Sud/Orsay, Paris, France
  - host S.J. Edixhoven
• 2010 K. Promislow, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  - host A. Doelman
• 2009 T. Chinburg, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
  - host H.W. Lenstra
• 2008 V.P. Belavkin, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  - host R.Gill
• 2007 M. Bennett, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  - host: R. Tijdeman
• 2006 E.Baake, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
  - host: W.Th.F. den Hollander
• 2005 A.J. de Jong, Columbia University, New York, USA
  - host: S.J. Edixhoven
• 2004 R. Nussbaum, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
  - host: S.M. Verduyn Lunel
• 2003 N. Yui, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  - host: H.W. Lenstra, P. Stevenhagen
• 2002 D.L. Donoho, Stanford University, USA
  - host: S.A. van der Geer
• 2001 Y. Eliashberg, Stanford University, USA
  - host : H. Geiges
• 2000 J. Mallet-Paret, Brown University, Providence, RI, U.S.A.
  - hosts: S.M. Verduyn Lunel en L.A. Peletier
• 1999 A. Granville, University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A.
  - hosts : R. Tijdeman en H.W. Lenstra
• 1998 A.A. Borovkov, University of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia
  - host : A. Hordijk
• 1997 J.K. Hale, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A.
  - host : L.A. Peletier
• 1996 G. Cybenko, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hannover, N.H., U.S.A.
  - host : G. Rozenberg
• 1995 H.W. Lenstra, University of California, Berkeley, Cal., U.S.A
  - host : R. Tijdeman
• 1994 T. Oshima, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  - host : G. van Dijk
• 1993 H. Ehrig, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  - host : G. Rozenberg
• 1992 P.J. Bickel, University of California, Berkeley, Cal., U.S.A.
  - host : W.R. van Zwet
• 1991 J.C. Butcher, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  - host : M.N. Spijker
• 1990 M. Barth, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
  - host : A.J.H.M. van de Ven
• 1989 S.M. Ross, University of California, Berkeley, Cal., U.S.A.
  - host : A. Hordijk
• 1988 A. Salomaa, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
  - host : G. Rozenberg
• 1987 H. Brézis, Université Paris VI, Paris, France
  - host : L.A. Peletier
• 1986 M. Artin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mass., U.S.A.
  - host : A.J.H.M. van de Ven en J.P. Murre

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