| Hendrik Wolter Broer | |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Diever, Netherlands |
| Fields: | Mathematics |
| Workplaces: | University of Groningen, Boston University, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Alma Mater: | University of Groningen |
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| Doctoral Advisor: | Floris Takens |
| Doctoral Students: | Hinke Osinga |
| Known For: | Nonlinear dynamical systems |
Hendrik Wolter "Henk" Broer (born 18 February 1950, Diever) is a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. He was professor at the University of Groningen between 1981 and 2015.
Broer was granted a doctorate in the faculty of mathematics and natural sciences in 1979 under the supervision of Floris Takens for a thesis entitled Bifurcations of singularities in volume preserving vector fields. He was a professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, from 1981 until his retirement in 2015.
In 1985, he spent a semester as a guest professor of Boston University, Massachusetts. He is a long term member of the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society, serving as chairman from 2007 to 2009.
In 2008, Broer became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] In 2015, he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
Broer has written a number of books and published over 120 articles on his subject, including the following:[2]