Hans Zantema

Background

Zantema, Hans was born on June 11, 1956 in Goingarijp, Netherlands.

Education

Born in Goingarijp, The Netherlands, Zantema received his Doctor of Philosophy in algebraic number theory in 1983 at the University of Amsterdam under supervision of Hendrik Lenstra Junior. for the thesis, entitled "Integer Valued Polynomials in Algebraic Number Theory.".

Career

After graduation Zantema spend a few years of employment in industry he switched to computer science: from 1987 to 2000 at Utrecht University and since 2000 at Eindhoven University of Technology. Since 2007 he is a part-time full professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen. His name is attached to Zantema"s problem, namely does the string rewrite system 0011 -> 111000 terminate.

Achievements

• Hans Zantema has been listed as a notable mathematician, computer scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.