Obituaries

Emeritus associate professor Inge Henningsen, who died on 5 August 2024 at the age of 83, played a central role in the statistics group at the department and at the former Department of Mathematical Statistics for many years.

With the death of Bent Fuglede, Denmark has lost one of its very important mathematicians and the Department of Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen has lost a highly valued teacher, researcher and colleague.

Associate Professor Emeritus Anders Thorup, born on 3 August 1943, died on 1 November 2023. He is survived by his wife and three adult children. Here are some eulogies written by Søren Jøndrup and Ian Kiming.

Professor emeritus Christian Ulrik Jensen has died. His life is described here by Jørn Børling Olsson and his research by Søren Jøndrup, with contributions by Ian Kiming.

Professor emeritus Christian Berg writes about his longtime colleague, Jens Peter Reus Christensen (18.4.1944 - 1.7.2022).

Our longtime colleague, associate professor Asmus Schmidt has passed away. His work manifested itself in research, teaching and administration.

Professor Mogens Flensted-Jensen passed away at the age of 78 on 21 December 2020 after a short illness. He was influential both as an internationally highly recognized researcher and as an efficient and well-liked university and research administrator. 

It was with great sadness that the members of the department learned that Erik Kjær Pedersen passed away on May 24, 2020, at a hospital in Florida after a long period of illness. Erik was 74 years old.

Professor Hans Brøns contributed crucially to the establishment of the statistics study programme at the University of Copenhagen and to the development of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, which today forms one of the four sections of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 

Ragnar Norberg died December 18 after long illness.

The Department of Mathematical Sciences has lost its numerical analyst. Jens Hugger died on 4 March 2016.

Uffe Haagerup passed away Sunday, July 5, 2015, in a tragic drowning accident close to his summer house at Faaborg on Funen. Denmark and the whole world have lost a uniquely gifted mathematician, a warm and friendly person, and a beloved father.

Tage Gutmann Madsen has been a part of the Department of Mathematical Sciences since 1956 - as a teacher, Associate Professor, Head of Department and an emeritus. He died 1 June 2015, 88 years old.

Hans-Bjørn Foxby, born 12 February 1947, was MSc in 1969 and Licentiate (PhD) in 1973 from the University of Copenhagen. Since 1975 he has been employed at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, UCPH, first as an associate professor and later as a senior associate professor (1988).