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Bernhard Korte

1938 – 2025

German mathematician

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About Bernhard Korte

Lived 1938 – 2025 (aged 86). Bernhard Korte was a German mathematician, computer scientist and university teacher.

Bernhard H. Korte (3 November 1938 – 26 April 2025) was a German computer scientist, a professor at the University of Bonn and an expert in combinatorial optimization.

Biography Korte earned his doctorate (Doctor rerum naturalium) from the University of Bonn in 1967. His thesis was entitled "Beiträge zur Theorie der Hardy'schen Funktionenklassen" (translated, "Contributions to the theory of Hardy function classes"), and was supervised by Ernst Peschl and Walter Thimm. He earned his habilitation in 1971, and briefly held faculty positions at Regensburg University and Bielefeld University before joining the University of Bonn as a faculty member in 1972. At the University of Bonn, Korte was the director of the Research Institute for Discrete Mathematics.

Korte was a guest professor at Stanford, Cornell, the University of Waterloo, MIT, Yale and Rutgers University, along with institutions in Rome, Pisa, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro.

Korte died in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia on 26 April 2025, at the age of 86.

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Awards and honours In 1997, Korte received the State Prize of Nordrhein-Westfalen, and in 2002 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was also a winner of the Humboldt Prize and a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

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University of Bonn, Bielefeld University, Regensburg University
Employers
University of Bonn, University of Regensburg, Bielefeld University
Awards
Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia; Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia; Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize; Humboldt Research Fellowship; Humboldt Prize; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Bernhard Korte?

German mathematician (1938–2025)

When was Bernhard Korte born?

Bernhard Korte was born on 3 November 1938 in Bottrop.

When did Bernhard Korte die?

Bernhard Korte died on 26 April 2025 in Bonn.

What was Bernhard Korte's occupation?

Bernhard Korte was a mathematician, computer scientist and university teacher.

What nationality was Bernhard Korte?

Bernhard Korte was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bernhard Korte

· Wikidata: Q90604

· DBpedia: Bernhard Korte

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