Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Jan Arnoldus Schouten was a Dutch mathematician and Professor at the Delft University of Technology. He was an important contributor to the development of tensor calculus and Ricci calculus, and was one of the founders of the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam.
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- Born in
- Nieuwer-Amstel
- Educated at
- Delft University of Technology
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- 🎓 Jacob Cardinaal
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Dirk Jan Struik📖 Albert Nijenhuis📖 Johannes Haantjes📖 Wouter van der Kulk📖 Johanna Hendrika Maria Manders
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1883
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