Obituaries

Associate Professor Emeritus Kjeld Bagger Laursen died on 11 January 2025, aged 83. His research in Banach algebra and operator theory and his contribution to science didactics are described here by Niels Grønbæk.

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.