Theodorus Dekker

Theodorus Jozef Dekker (Dirk Dekker, 1 March 1927 - 25 November 2021)^[1] was a Dutch mathematician.

Theodorus Dekker
Born	Theodorus Jozef Dekker (1927-03-01)1 March 1927 Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Died	November 25, 2021(2021-11-25) (aged 94)
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (PhD)
Known for	Dekker's algorithm
Scientific career
Fields	Math
Institutions	University of Amsterdam
Thesis	Paradoxical Decompositions of Sets and Spaces
Doctoral advisor	Johannes de Groot

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.