Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop as Dutch mathematician (1610-1682).
Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop was born at Niedorp in 1610. His recorded nationality is Netherlands.
The seventeenth century produced the calculus and with it a dispute over priority that shaped mathematics for a century.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from Netherlands matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop died in 1682, aged 72. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
