Theodorus Dekker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Theodorus Dekker

Dutch mathematician

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Theodorus Jozef Dekker (born 1 March 1927) 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.