Carsten Thomassen
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Carsten Thomassen is a Danish
mathematician
. He has been a Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Denmark
since 1981, and since 1990 a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
. His research concerns discrete mathematics
and more specifically graph theory.
Thomassen received his Ph.D.
in 1976 from the University of Waterloo
.
He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Graph Theory
and the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
, and editor of Combinatorica
, the Journal of Combinatorial Theory
, Ser B, Discrete Mathematics, and the European Journal of Combinatorics
.
He was awarded the Dedicatory Award of the 6th International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Graphs by the Western Michigan University
in May 1988, the Lester R. Ford Award by the Mathematical Association of America
in 1993, and the Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal by the University of Waterloo in 2005. He is included on the ISI Web of Knowledge list of the 250 most cited mathematicians.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He has been a Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Denmark
Technical University of Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the...
since 1981, and since 1990 a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a Danish non-governmental science Academy, founded 13 November 1742 by permission of the King Christian VI, as a historical Collegium Antiquitatum...
. His research concerns discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics
Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not...
and more specifically graph theory.
Thomassen received his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in 1976 from the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...
.
He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Graph Theory
Journal of Graph Theory
The Journal of Graph Theory is a mathematics journal specializing in graph theory and related areas, such as other branches of combinatorics and the interaction of graph theory with other mathematical sciences...
and the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in combinatorial mathematics. Papers published by the journal are available free on the internet without registration....
, and editor of Combinatorica
Combinatorica
Combinatorica is an international journal of mathematics, publishing papers in the fields of combinatorics and computer science. It started in 1981, with László Babai and László Lovász as the editors-in-chief with Paul Erdős as honorary editor-in-chief. The current editors-in-chief are László...
, the Journal of Combinatorial Theory
Journal of Combinatorial Theory
The Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A and Series B, are mathematical journals specializing in combinatorics and related areas. They are published by Elsevier. Series A is concerned primarily with structures, designs, and applications of combinatorics. Series B is concerned primarily with...
, Ser B, Discrete Mathematics, and the European Journal of Combinatorics
European Journal of Combinatorics
The European Journal of Combinatorics , is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for combinatorics. It is an international, bimonthly journal of pure mathematics, specializing in theories arising from combinatorial problems...
.
He was awarded the Dedicatory Award of the 6th International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Graphs by the Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....
in May 1988, the Lester R. Ford Award by the Mathematical Association of America
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists;...
in 1993, and the Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal by the University of Waterloo in 2005. He is included on the ISI Web of Knowledge list of the 250 most cited mathematicians.