19 1 1 was born in xiushui county, Jiaxing, Zhejiang. 1922 graduated from Xiuzhou Middle School and came to Tianjin. 1923 entered Rotary Middle School (now Tianjin Railway No.1 Middle School). Graduated from 1926, entered the Department of Mathematics of Nankai University, and graduated from 1930 with a bachelor's degree. In the same year, he entered Tsinghua University as a teaching assistant and studied for graduate students. He studied projective differential geometry under Sun Guangyuan, a pioneer of differential geometry in China, and graduated from 1934 with a master's degree. He is the first mathematics graduate student trained by China himself. In the same year, he won a scholarship from China Culture and Education Foundation (one said it was funded by Tsinghua), and went to study in Hamburg University. He studied under the famous geometer blaschke and obtained a doctor of science degree from 65438 to 0936. When I graduated, I still had a scholarship left, so I went to Paris, France to study differential geometry with E. Cartan.
1937, Chen Shengshen is Professor Tsinghua University; Later, because of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he moved to Kunming, Yunnan, and taught differential geometry in The National SouthWest Associated University, which was composed of Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University.
1943, at the invitation of American mathematician O. Van Buren, he went to work in Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies. In the next two years, he completed the most important work in his life: he proved the high-dimensional Gauss-Bonet formula, constructed the commonly used Chen class, and laid the foundation for global differential geometry.
1946 After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Shanghai and presided over the work of the Institute of Mathematics of Academia Sinica. In the following two or three years, he trained a group of young topologists. At the beginning of 1949, academia sinica moved to Taiwan Province province, and Chen Shengshen moved his family to the United States at the invitation of Oppenheimer, president of Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies. /kloc-in the summer of 0/949, he took over the professorship of E.P.Lane of the University of Chicago; E.P.Lane was Chen Shengshen's mentor when Sun Guangyuan was studying in the United States. It has made an important contribution to the revival of differential geometry in America. From 65438 to 0960, Chen Shengshen was employed as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until his retirement. 196 1 was elected as an academician of the American Academy of Sciences. 1963- 1964, vice chairman of the American mathematical society. An important contribution of Chen Shengshen in his later years was the establishment of the National Institute of Mathematics in 198 1 University of California, Berkeley. He was the first director.
1984 retired, and Chen Shengshen was successively employed as honorary professor of Peking University and Nankai University. From 65438 to 0985, he was hired by the Ministry of Education of China as the director of the Institute of Mathematics of Nankai University. In the same year, Nankai University awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Since 1986, chinese mathematical society has established and undertaken the "Chen Shengshen Mathematics Award".
Chen Shengshen died in Tianjin on February 3, 2004 19: 00 Beijing time.
Wu Wenjun, Liao, Zheng and other famous scholars all studied under them.
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achievement
Combining differential geometry and topological methods, Chen Shengshen has successively completed two epoch-making important works: one is the generalized Gauss-Bonner formula of Riemannian manifold, and the other is the indicator theory of Hermite manifold. Some concepts, methods and tools he introduced have gone far beyond the scope of differential geometry and topology and become an important part of modern mathematics. Chen Shengshen's other important mathematical works include:
Tight dipping and tight dipping began with him and R. Leshev for more than 30 years, and their achievements have been compiled into monographs.
One of the famous results of complex geometry of value distribution of complex variable function is Chen-Porter theorem.
Hypersurface matching Yan Zhida of integral geometric motion formula.
Chen of real hypersurfaces on complex manifolds? Mo Ze's theory is the basic work of the theory of multiple complex variables.
Minimal surface and harmonic mapping.
Chen-Simmons differential formula is the basic tool of quantum mechanical anomalies.
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honour
Chen Shengshen has won many scientific honors.
196 1 year, after physicist Wu Jianxiong, Chen Shengshen was elected as the second Chinese-American member of the National Academy of Sciences, which is the highest honorary position in the American scientific community.
1970 won the Shoffnett Award of American Mathematical Association.
1976 was awarded the National Science Medal by President Ford, which is the highest award in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering in the United States; Chen Shengshen and Wu Jianxiong were the first China scientists to receive this honor.
1983, Steele Prize for "All Achievements" of American Mathematical Society.
1984 was awarded the Wolff Prize in mathematics by Israeli President Hoso, which is the highest prize in the field of mathematics in the world; Chen Shengshen is the first mathematician in China and the second scientist in China who won the Wolff Prize.
In addition, he was awarded the Chau-venet Award (1970) and the Steele Award (1983) by the American Mathematical Society. He also won the German Humboldt Prize and the Russian Lobachevsky Prize in Mathematics. In addition, in 2004, he won the first Shaw Prize in Mathematical Science. 165438+1October 2, the asteroid 1998CS2 was named "Chen Shengshen Star" after discussion and approval by the Committee on Small Celestial Bodies of the International Astronomical Union.
Chen Shengshen was invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians three times: 1950 in Boston, Cambridge, USA, 1958 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and 1970 in Nice, France. 1950 and 1970 are both one-hour reports, which are the highest-level academic speeches of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
Chen Shengshen served as the vice chairman of the American Mathematical Society. He is also a foreign academician of French, Italian, China and other countries. He is also the founder of the Third World Academy of Sciences, a foreign member of the Royal Society, a correspondent of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the Indian Mathematical Society. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Technical University of Berlin and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Chen Shengshen is regarded as the greatest differential geometer in the 20th century. Chen Shengshen, Hua and Feng Kang are considered as three China mathematicians with world-class achievements and international influence. He is also the mentor of Fields Medal winner Qiu Chengtong at the University of California, Berkeley.
Wentsun Wu
Wu Wenjun, China nationality, was born in Shanghai on May 19 19, 2009. 1940 graduated from Shanghai jiaotong university, and 1949 received his doctorate from the university of Strasbourg, France. 195 1 returned to China, 1957 was an academician of China academy of sciences, and 1984 was the first director of chinese mathematical society. Wu Wenjun made many great contributions to mathematics.
In topology, a series of achievements and many famous formulas have been made in the field of representation and embedding, and the wide application of these theories and methods is pointed out. He also has creative work on topological invariants, algebraic manifolds and other issues. From 65438 to 0956, Wu Wenjun won the first prize of China Natural Science Award for his outstanding achievements in the representation and embedding of topology.
In the aspect of machine proof, starting from elementary geometry, a kind of difficult theorems are proved on the computer, and some new theorems are found, and the theorem proof of differential geometry is further discussed. A new method of proving and discovering geometric theorems with machines is proposed. This work has opened up a new field of mathematical research and will have a far-reaching impact on the revolution of mathematics. 1978 won the major scientific and technological achievement award of the National Science Conference.
In the history of Chinese mathematics, Wu Wenjun thinks that the characteristics of ancient mathematics in China are: starting from practical problems, analyzing and improving, then abstracting general principles, principles and methods, and finally solving a large class of problems. He also put forward incisive views on the achievements of China's ancient mathematics in number theory, algebra and geometry.
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Mathematician from Shanghai. 1940 graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University. From 65438 to 0949, he received his doctorate from the French National Center for Scientific Research. 199 1 was elected as an academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences. Researcher of Institute of Mathematics and System Science of China Academy of Sciences, honorary director of Institute of System Science, honorary chairman of Chinese Mathematical Society. One of the founders of China's research on mathematical mechanization. In 1950s, in the study of demonstration class and demonstration embedded class, Wu Wenjun formula and Wu's theory were obtained. ......
Wu Wenjun (19 19 ~)
China mathematician. Academician of China Academy of Sciences. 1965438+Born in Shanghai on May 2, 2009. 1940 graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University. 1947 went to study in France, studied mathematics in Strasbourg, Paris and French scientific research center successively, and 1949 received his doctorate. 195 1 year. Professor of Mathematics Department of Peking University, researcher and deputy director of Institute of Mathematics of China Academy of Sciences, researcher, deputy director and honorary director of Institute of System Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of Research Center of Mathematical Mechanization, chairman and honorary chairman of Chinese Mathematical Society, and standing committee member and director of Department of Mathematical Physics of China Academy of Sciences. Former member of the Standing Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference. Mainly engaged in the research of topology and machine proof, and achieved many outstanding results. He is one of the founders of China's research on mathematical mechanization. 1952 published the doctoral thesis "Spherical fiber spatial indicator theory", which is an important contribution to the basic problems of fiber space. In 1950s, the research on demonstrative category and embedded category made a series of outstanding achievements and had many important applications. They are called "Wu Wenjun Formula" and "Wu Wenjun Indicative Category" by international mathematicians, and have been compiled into many masterpieces. This achievement won the first prize of National Natural Science Award 1956. In 1960s, we continued to study embedding classes and creatively discovered new topological invariants, among which the achievements on polyhedron embedding and immersion still occupy the leading position in the world. The achievement of Pontryagin's characteristic class is the basic theoretical research of topological fiber bundle theory and differential manifold geometry, which has profound theoretical significance. In recent years, Wu Wenjun's principle of theorem machine proof (internationally known as Wu's method) has been established, and the machine proof of elementary geometry and differential geometry theorems has been realized, reaching the international advanced level. This important innovation has changed the face of automatic reasoning research, had a great influence in the field of theorem machine proof, and has important application value, which will lead to the reform of mathematical research methods. The research achievements in this field won the major achievement award of the National Science Conference and the first prize of scientific and technological progress of China Academy of Sciences. The research of machine discovery and creation theorem has also made important achievements.