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Willem de Sitter (6 May 1872 – 20 November 1934) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer . Life and work. Born in Sneek, de Sitter studied mathematics at the University of Groningen and then joined the Groningen astronomical laboratory. He worked at the Cape Observatory in South Africa (1897–1899).
Willem de Sitter (born May 6, 1872, Sneek, Neth.—died Nov. 20, 1934, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and cosmologist who developed theoretical models of the universe based on Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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Willem de Sitter was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer who made major contributions in physical cosmology. View three larger pictures. Biography. Willem de Sitter's parents were Lamoraal Ulbo de Sitter and Catharine Theodore Wilhelmine Bertling.
A de Sitter universe is a cosmological solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, named after Willem de Sitter.
Willem de Sitter was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to cosmology, astronomy, and mathematics. He received the Bruce Medal in 1931 for his work on the expansion of the universe, the rotation of the earth, and the motions of Jupiter's satellites.
Jun 7, 2024 · A Dutch mathematician and astronomer who supported the theory of relativity and derived the de Sitter universe model. He also studied Jupiter's satellites and the Earth's rotation.
De Sitter space and anti-de Sitter space are named after Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), professor of astronomy at Leiden University and director of the Leiden Observatory. Willem de Sitter and Albert Einstein worked closely together in Leiden in the 1920s on the spacetime structure of our universe.
