【Master Forum】My Understanding of Mathematics and Beyond
Topic: My Understanding of Mathematics and Beyond
Speaker: Prof. Yitang ZHANG
Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Room W201, West Wing, Administration Building
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Zoom: https://cuhk-edu-cn.zoom.us/j/92683836392?pwd=gYfaaqMR22WgHIi2RQCBV1TsB8lmtr.1
Meeting ID: 926 8383 6392
Passcode: 406241
Abstract:
Prime numbers are the building blocks of arithmetic, and the study of their distribution has always been one of the major themes of research in number theory. The study of prime numbers has produced a number of long-standing classic problems. Professor Yitang ZHANG, an internationally renowned mathematician, will introduce the brief history of the study on prime number and share his understanding on mathematics and life in general.
Speaker Profile:
Prof. Yitang ZHANG is currently teaching at the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also the Director of the Pan Chengdong Mathematics Institute, Shandong University, the Honorary Dean of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Shandong University Weihai Campus, the Honorary Director of the Min Sihe Center for Number Theory Research at Peking University, and a researcher at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
In 2013, Professor ZHANG proved for the first time the existence of infinitely many prime pairs with a constant gap between them, contributing enormously to the study of the famous twin prime conjecture. The research results were published by Annals of Mathematics, the world's top mathematics magazine. Prof. ZHANG is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, the Qiu Shi Science and Technology Prize, the Rolf Schock Mathematics Award (the first Chinese winner), the Morningside Special Achievement Award in Mathematics, Morningside Mathematics Special Contribution Award, the 2023 AMS Cole Prize in Number Theory and the MacArthur Fellowship. In 2014, Professor ZHANG was invited to give a one-hour keynote lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians.
