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Jan Denef

Belgian mathematician
Person Human Q1681710

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
September 4, 1951
Place of birth
Mechelen
Country of citizenship
Belgium[5]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[7]
Field of work
model theory[6]
Educated at
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[8]
Doctoral advisor
Louis Philippe Bouckaert, Willem Kuijk[9][10]
Doctoral student
Johannes Nicaise, Marc Denecker, Willem Veys, Hans Schoutens, Luc Lauwers, Raf Cluckers, Fréderik Vercauteren, Wouter Castryck, Hendrik Hubrechts, Jan Tuitman, Karl van Valckenborgh[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Erdős number
+3[24]
Given name
Jan[23]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jan Denef
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000028370688
VIAF cluster ID
18450646
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n00007812
GND ID
1145576109
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jan Denef.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
1067151
Freebase ID
/m/0grvtb
IdRef ID
154452734
J9U entity ID
987007455342305171
KBR person ID
14336652
KU Leuven person ID
00009256
MR Author ID
56685
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
90814
NUKAT ID
n2011203051
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070049785
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrCgPhKp76Yth8W689CcP
Yale LUX ID
person/193288d2-fa37-4144-a84d-a26b41a3748c
ZbMATH author ID
denef.jan

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
Belgium
Educated at 1
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Employer 1
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Field of work 1
model theory
Given name 1
Jan
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Mechelen
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Jan Denef was born on September 4, 1951[1], in Mechelen[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Jan Denef born?

Jan Denef was born in Mechelen[2].

What did Jan Denef do for work?

Jan Denef worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Jan Denef go to school?

Jan Denef was educated at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[8].

Related Entities

Belgium

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . kuleuven.be. kuleuven.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Bender235 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Jan
    Country of citizenship → Belgium
    Educated at → Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Place of birth → Mechelen
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Doctoral student: Fréderik Vercauteren"
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