Theodorus Dekker

Mathematician, Person

1927 –

22

Who is Theodorus Dekker?

Theodorus Jozef Dekker is a Dutch mathematician.

Dekker completed his Ph.D degree from the University of Amsterdam in 1958. His thesis was titled "Paradoxical Decompositions of Sets and Spaces".

Dekker invented an algorithm that allows two processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication, named Dekker's algorithm.

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Born
Mar 1, 1927
Heerhugowaard
Nationality
  • Netherlands
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on July 23, 2013

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