Shing-Tung Yau Ph.D.
Shing-Tung Yau Ph.D.
National Medal of Science – Mathematics and Computer Science 1997
Name: Shing-Tung Yau
Birth: 4 April, 1949, China
Title: Professor of Mathematics
Affiliation: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Citation: “For his fundamental contributions in mathematics and physics. Through his work, the understanding of basic geometric differential equations has been changed and he has expanded their role enormously within mathematics.”
Ph.D. Advisor: Shiing-Shen Chern, University of California, Berkeley, 1971
Mathematician. Differential geometry, Differential equations, General relativity. Calabi-Yau manifolds. Miyaoka-Yau inequality. Founder: Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Morningside Center of Mathematics at Academia Sinica; Center of Mathematical Sciences at Zhejiang University; Tsinghua Mathematical Sciences Center, China. Adviser more than 50 doctoral students.
Family fled mainland China and Communist takeover when he was an infant. Leader of street gang and often skipped school.
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The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: Professor of Mathematics
Affiliation: Harvard University, Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Gender: Male
Award Discipline: Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year: 1997
Citation: “For his fundamental contributions in mathematics and physics. Through his work, the understanding of basic geometric differential equations has been changed and he has expanded their role enormously within mathematics.”
Presented by President Bill Clinton at a ceremony in Room 450, Old Executive Office Building, on Tuesday, December 17, 1997.