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[[File:Luitzen_Egbertus_Jan_Brouwer.jpg|thumb|L. E. J. Brouwer.]]'''Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer''' ForMemRS (/ˈbraʊər/; Dutch: [ˈlœy̯tsə(n) ɛɣˈbɛrtəs jɑn ˈbrʌu̯ər]; 27 February 1881 – 2 December 1966), usually cited as '''L. E. J. Brouwer''' but known to his friends as '''Bertus''', was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis.
[[File:Luitzen_Egbertus_Jan_Brouwer.jpg|thumb|L. E. J. Brouwer.]]'''Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer''' ForMemRS (/ˈbraʊər/; Dutch: [ˈlœy̯tsə(n) ɛɣˈbɛrtəs jɑn ˈbrʌu̯ər]; 27 February 1881 – 2 December 1966), usually cited as '''L. E. J. Brouwer''' but known to his friends as '''Bertus''', was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis.


He was the founder of the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.
He was the founder of the mathematical philosophy of [[Intuitionism (nonfiction)|intuitionism]].


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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* [[Arend Heyting (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student
* [[Arend Heyting (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student
* [[Diederik Korteweg (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral advisor
* [[Intuitionism (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]]



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L. E. J. Brouwer.

Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer ForMemRS (/ˈbraʊər/; Dutch: [ˈlœy̯tsə(n) ɛɣˈbɛrtəs jɑn ˈbrʌu̯ər]; 27 February 1881 – 2 December 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis.

He was the founder of the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.

In the News

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