- Wang Yuan (mathematician)
Wang Yuan (Chinese: 王元,
Pinyin : Wáng Yuán) (1930 -), or Yuan Wang, an academician ofChinese Academy of Science , is a renowned Chinesemathematician ,educator and popular science writer. He is the former president of Chinese Mathematical Society, and the head of the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. [ [http://forum.netbig.com/bbscs/read.bbscs?bid=7&id=6656662&page=2] ]Life [ [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Wang_Yuan.html] ]
Wang was born in
Lanxi (or Lanhsi) County,Jinhua ,Zhejiang Province . His father was a magistrate in the local government. Because of the Japanese invasion (theSecond Sino-Japanese War ), Wang's family had to move away from Zhejiang Province, and finally arrived at the southeast cityKunming inGuizhou Province in1938 .1942 , Wang's father rose to the chief secretary of theAcademia Sinica .1946 after the Japanese surrender, his family moved to the capital city -Nanjing .Wang entered Yingshi University (later merged into National Chekiang University) (
Zhejiang University ) inHangzhou , and graduated from the Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University in1952 . He then earned a position in the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica. Hua Loo Keng (orHua luogeng ) is considered as his main academic advisor and one of his closest cooperators.1946 -1949 , he was the acting director of the institute. Wang also studied inUSA for a period of time.1966 , Wang's career was interrupted by theCultural Revolution . Wang could not work for more than five years until1972 . During this interval, Wang was harassed and put through interrogation.1978 , Wang was back to his professorship, in the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science. 1980, he was elected to be an academician of Chinese Academy of Science.1988 -1992 , he was the president of the Chinese Mathematical Society.Research
Wang quite focuses on the area of
number theory , especially in theGoldbach Conjecture . Sieve methods and circle methods are often applied by him. He obtained a series of important results in the field of number theory. [ [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Wang_Yuan.html] ] [ [http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2002/12/23/4499.htm] ]References
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Wang_Yuan.html Wang Yuan biography] (English)
* [http://cms.zju.edu.cn/yemaowz/show.php?id=135&attcount=0 Brief Introduction of CMS (Center of Mathematical Sciences)] (English)
* [http://infolab.stanford.edu/~wangz/home/link/wangy/ Yuan Wang's Home Page, Goldbach Conjecture] with photos (English)
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=94436 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Yuan Wang] (English)
* [http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2002/12/23/4499.htm Wang Yuan] , from the website of Chinese Academy of Science (Chinese)
* [http://tech.sina.com.cn/other/2004-01-12/1436281114.shtml Wng Yuan's story, from Sina.com] (Chinese)
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