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Shing-Tung
Yau Harvard Geometry
motivated by physics Abstract:
Background:
Yau was born in China in 1949. In 1982, he was awarded the Fields medal for his contributions to partial differential equations, to the Calabi conjecture in algebraic geometry, to the positive mass conjecture of general relativity, and to real and complex Monge-Ampere equations. In 1997, he was awarded the National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the US. He has won numerous awards and honors and is a member of several scientific academies. He is currently at Harvard. |
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