Heiko Harborth
| Heiko Harborth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 11, 1938 Celle, Germany |
| Residence | Germany (1938–present) |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Braunschweig University of Technology |
| Alma mater | Braunschweig University of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans-Joachim Kanold |
| Doctoral students | 19 doctoral students and 23 descendents |
| Known for | number theory, combinatorics, and discrete geometry |
| Notable awards | Euler Medal (2007) |
Heiko Harborth (born 11 February 1938, Celle, Germany) is Professor of Mathematics at Braunschweig University of Technology, 1975–present, and author of more than 188 mathematical publications. His work is mostly in the areas of number theory, combinatorics and discrete geometry, including graph theory.
Harborth has been an instructor or professor at Braunschweig University of Technology since studying there and receiving his PhD in 1965 under Hans-Joachim Kanold.
Harborth is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications, and many other mathematical societies.
Harborth currently sits on the editorial boards of Fibonacci Quarterly, Geombinatorics, Integers: Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory. He served as an editor of Mathematische Semesterberichte from 1988 to 2001.
Harborth was a joint recipient (with Stephen Milne) of the 2007 Euler Medal.
Harborth's research ranges across the subject areas of combinatorics, graph theory, discrete geometry, and number theory.
In 1974, Harborth solved the unit coin graph problem, determining the maximum number of edges possible in a unit coin graph on n vertices.
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