Uffe Haagerup
| Uffe Haagerup | |
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| Born | Uffe Valentin Haagerup 19 December 1949 Kolding, Denmark |
| Died | 5 July 2015 (aged 65) Fåborg, Denmark |
| Residence | Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
University of Southern Denmark University of Copenhagen |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
| Doctoral advisor | Gert K Pedersen |
| Known for |
Haagerup property Haagerup tensor norm Haagerup subfactor Asaeda-Haagerup subfactor The Haagerup list |
| Notable awards |
Samuel Friedman Award Ole Rømer Medal Humboldt Research Award European Research Council (Advanced Grant) European Latsis Prize |
Uffe Valentin Haagerup (19 December 1949 – 5 July 2015) was a mathematician from Denmark.
Uffe Haagerup was born in Kolding, but grew up on the island of Funen, in the small town of Fåborg. The field of mathematics had his interest from early on, encouraged and inspired by his older brother. In fourth grade Uffe was doing trigonometric and logarithmic calculations. He graduated as a student from Svendborg Gymnasium in 1968, whereupon he relocated to Copenhagen and immediately began his studies of mathematics and physics at the University of Copenhagen, again inspired by his older brother who also studied the same subjects at the same university. Early university studies in Einstein's general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, sparked a lasting interest in the mathematical field of operator algebra, in particular Von Neumann algebra and Tomita–Takesaki theory. In 1974 he received his Candidate's degree (cand. scient.) from the University of Copenhagen and in 1981 – at the age of 31 – , Uffe was appointed at the University of Odense – now University of Southern Denmark –, as the youngest professor of mathematics (dr. scient.) in the country at the time. Pregraduate summer schools at the university and later on extended professional research stays abroad, helped him discover and build a diverse and lasting international network of colleagues. He drowned on 5 July 2015, aged 65, while swimming in the Baltic Sea close to Fåborg where his family owned a cabin.
Uffe Haagerups mathematical focus has been on the fields of operator algebra, group theory and geometry, but his publications has a broad scope and also involves free probability theory and . He has participated in many international mathematical groups and networks from early on, and has worked as ordinary contributor and participator, organizer, lecturer and editor.
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