Diederik Korteweg
Dutch mathematician
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Diederik Johannes Korteweg was a Dutch mathematician. He is now best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation, together with Gustav de Vries. Wikipedia
Born: March 31, 1848, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Died: May 10, 1941 (age 93 years), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Doctoral advisor: Johannes Diderik van der Waals