Hendrik Wolter "Henk" Broer (born 18 February 1950, Diever) is a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems.

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 is a long term member of the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society, serving as chairman from 2007 to 2009.

[citation needed] In 2008, Broer became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Broer has written a number of books and published over 120 articles on his subject, including the following:[2]