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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Shing-Tung_YauShing-Tung Yau - Wikipedia

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   Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu (Harvard, 2002) Shing-Tung Yau ( / jaʊ /; Chinese: 丘成桐; pinyin: Qiū Chéngtóng; born April 4, 1949) is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is the director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. Until 2022 he was the William Caspar Graustein ...

   • Children: Michael Yau, Isaac Yau
   • Doctoral advisor: Shiing-Shen Chern

   • Nationality: American (since 1990)
   • Fields: Mathematics

2. www.nytimes.com › 2006/10/17 › scienceShing-Tung Yau: The Emperor of Math - Dennis Overbye - The ...

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   Oct 17, 2006 · In 1982 he won a Fields Medal, the mathematics equivalent of a Nobel Prize. Dr. Yau can be found holding court in the Yenching restaurant in Harvard Square or off the math library in his cramped ...

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   Who is Shing-Tung Yau?

   • Shing-Tung Yau ( / jaʊ /; Chinese: 丘成桐; pinyin: Qiū Chéngtóng; born April 4, 1949) is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is the director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and Professor Emeritus at Harvard University.

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   How did Yau get a medal for Chinese mathematicians?

   • Yau persuaded a Hong Kong real-estate mogul to help finance a mathematics institute at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, and to endow a Fields-style medal for Chinese mathematicians under the age of forty-five.

   The Clash Over the Poincaré Conjecture | The New Yorker

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   How many laureates have won the Shaw Prize?

   • Prize in Mathematical Sciences have been awarded to one laureate only 10 Prize in Mathematical Sciences have been shared by two laureates Read More Previous Laureates in The Prize in Mathematical Sciences The Shaw Prize has been awarded to a total of 31 Mathematical Sciences Laureates from 2004 to 2023.

   The Prize in Mathematical Sciences - The Shaw Prize

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   How did Yau contribute to the fusion of geometry and analysis?

   • Yau contributed to the fusion of geometry and analysis, now known as geometric analysis. His work has had a deep and lasting impact on both mathematics and theoretical physics. The Shaw Prize is awarded annually in three disciplines: astronomy, life sciences and medicine, and mathematical sciences.

   Harvard Professor Emeritus Shing-Tung Yau awarded 2023 Shaw Prize

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4. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2006/08/28The Clash Over the Poincaré Conjecture | The New Yorker

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   Aug 28, 2006 · The Fields Medal, like the Nobel Prize, grew, in part, out of a desire to elevate science above national animosities. ... which ran under the headline “SHING-TUNG YAU IS SLAMMING ACADEMIC ...

5. news.harvard.edu › gazette › storyHarvard Professor Emeritus Shing-Tung Yau awarded 2023 Shaw Prize

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   Jun 1, 2023 · Each prize carries a gold medal, a certificate, and a monetary award of U.S. $1.2 million. This will be the 20th year that the prize has been awarded, and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 12 in Hong Kong. Read the full profile of Harvard Professor Emeritus Shing-Tung Yau in the Department of Mathematics 2021-2022 Newsletter.

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7. www.shawprize.org › prizes-and-laureatesThe Prize in Mathematical Sciences - The Shaw Prize

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   Learn More. Quick Facts. 9. Prize in Mathematical Sciences have been awarded to one laureate only. 10. Prize in Mathematical Sciences have been shared by two laureates. Read More. Previous Laureates in The Prize in Mathematical Sciences. The Shaw Prize has been awarded to a total of 31 Mathematical Sciences Laureates from 2004 to 2023.

8. www.shawprize.org › autobiography › shing-tung-yauShing-Tung Yau - The Shaw Prize

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   Nov 12, 2023 · Shaw-IAU Workshop. Hong Kong Laureate Forum. The Shaw Prize is an international prize that presents three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences, beginning from 2004. Contact Us.

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   Dec 20, 2023 · How the ‘Nobel Prize of the East’ was established and became what it is today ... while the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences was awarded equally to Vladimir Drinfeld and Shing-Tung Yau for ...